We estimate that the total costs of crime in New Zealand in 2003/04 amounted to $9.1 billion. Of this, the private … crimes but offences against the person are the most costly, accounting for 45% of the total estimated costs of crime …. Empirically-based measures like those presented here – the total and average costs of crime by category – are a useful aid to …

The paper estimates the effects of organized crime on FDI inflows in 103 Italian provinces in the period 2004-06. The … presence of organized crime at a provincial level is quantified through several indicators, based on data for different kinds … inflows. Finally, our analysis suggests the presence of organized crime is a strong disincentive for foreign investors …

This paper examines the causality between income inequality and crime in Malaysia for the period 1973 … categories of crime selected, such as total crime, violent crime, property crime, theft and burglary. Crime exhibits neither long … ambiguity in the empirical studies of crime economics regarding various income variables leading to often mixed and …

This paper studies interjurisdictional competition in the fight against crime and its impact on occupational choice and … in a jurisdiction depends on its crime rate, there is a bi-directional relationship between capital investment and crime …

This paper examines how residential rental property ownership characteristics affect crime. It examines the incidence …. The paper concludes with recommendations about local government policies that could help to reduce crime in rental housing. …

Earlier studies on income inequality and crime have typically used total income or total earnings. However, it is quite … likely that it is changes in permanent rather than in transitory income that affects crime rates. The purpose of this paper … income and, second, estimating crime equations with the two separate income components as explanatory variables. The results …

-cooperative way how much crime effort he will exert. We show that the Nash equilibrium crime effort of each individual is proportional … removed, leads to the maximum reduction in aggregate crime. We provide a geometric characterization of the key player … player for a group of criminals of a given size. We finally endogeneize the crime participation decision, resulting in a key …

during the 1990s to identify the impact of unemployment and programs on crime. We identify a statistically significant effect … of unemployment on the incidence of overall crime, burglary, auto-theft and drug possession. A calculation suggests that … programs ­ general ones and those specifically targeted to the young ­ help to reduce crime. …