Scholars have often argued that crime hinders growth, but the empirical literature assessing such an effect is scarce …. By exploiting cross-municipal income and crime data for Mexico, in this study we find evidence indicating that drug …-related crime indeed deters growth. …

. However, as yet, little is known about crime and its effects on population health in the former Soviet Union (fSU) – despite a … sharp growth in crime rates in the countries in this region after the collapse of the communist system. Given this gap in … current knowledge, this study examined two forms of crime, theft and violent victimisation, in nine fSU countries – Armenia …

health-compromising role of rapid increases in the crime rate or “crime spikes” (focusing on a particularly fear …-inducing crime – burglary). We also consider the extent to which the magnitude and significance of the association between burglary … hypothesis that crime spikes are associated with CRP. Specifically, we find that short-term burglary rate change is independently …

particular. We examined country-level associations of violence with socio-economic and health-related factors, using crime … statistics from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and indicators from the Human Development Report published by the …

Building on standard growth-theory models, this paper provides an empirical investigation of the effects of crime on …-group estimation, multifactor modelling and Granger-causality methods. Our results strongly support the hypothesis that crime has …

- honest and dishonest - survive in the long run even though parents commit crime but at the same time agree that honesty is … desirable. Our model provides a novel explanation of why crime is highly concentrated in specific areas and also why crime rates … reductions in property crime rates across US federal states since the 1980s. …

, new threats such as organized crime, trafficking, civil unrest and terrorism have supplemented continued pre … arising from international organized crime and global economic instability. Thus, a fundamental rethink is needed on the …