"This book deals with the crusade and the postwar dream of experts in the field of poverty to eradicate poverty from …

criminalizing practices, proposes a de-coupling of the economic security and crime control functions of the state, and offers …

social policy better reduces poverty than social policies targeted at the poor. This article revisits Korpi and Palme … average share of household income from welfare transfers), low-income targeting, and universalism - and poverty and … developed and developing countries. Consistent with Korpi and Palme, we show (1) poverty is negatively associated with transfer …

poverty rates. Similar, but less robust results are found for crime rates as robbery, theft and kidnapping, while no …Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) programmes are deemed to be effective measures at reducing poverty and income … analyses a panel data set on crime rates and the Brazilian Bolsa Familia, the largest CCT programme in the world, in order to …