investigating the role of the economy with crime, as well as the sensitivity of those results. Design … Cantor and Land’s (1985) model of unemployment and crime. The authors are also able to show the importance of considering …

issues. Highlights current computer crimes and looks at why computer crime has been able to increase, e.g. computer terrorism …

The economic theory of crime is based on the assumption that rational individuals act to maximize their utility given … the possibility of allocating their time or resources to different activities (including crime). Withers (1984) represents … the only significant, aggregative empirical analysis of the determinants of crime, and importance of general deterrence …

used to investigate the impact of prison overcrowding, race, crime and unemployment on the above variables. Racial …. Unemployment does not have a significant influence, nor does the crime rate influence inflow, but it does have a significant …

explores the effects of air pollution and crime problems on well-being. Design/methodology/approach The estimates are based on …

Purpose It is generally understood that during periods of economic hardship, some persons turn to crime to compensate … for income deficiencies. The paper investigates the impact of economic misery on crime. The purpose of this paper is to …-linearity of the relationship between economic misery and crime is modelled using Markov-switching (MS) models and the …

17-33.<P> Public action to prevent crime is often driven by concerns about public safety. But what generatesthose … concerns ? ]s it crime, or something else ? Using survey data for Brazil, we find that thedesire for greater public safety has …

authorities across regions upon arrival, we find that immigration significantly increases crime. The crime impact of immigration … substantially stronger effects in regions with high preexisting crime levels or large shares of foreigners. …