The economics of crime lessons for and from Latin America

The economics of crime: lessons for and from Latin America

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Bibliographische Detailangaben
Verfasserangabe:ed. by Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Edwards, and Ernesto Schargrodsky
Weitere Verfasser: Di Tella, Rafael (HerausgeberIn) Edwards, Sebastian, 1953- (BerichterstatterIn) Schargrodsky, Ernesto (BerichterstatterIn) National Bureau of Economic Research (BerichterstatterIn) Laboratorio de Investigaciones sobre Crimen, Instituciones y Políticas (BerichterstatterIn) Interamerican Seminar on Economics (BerichterstatterIn) Conference Crime, Institutions, and Policies (BerichterstatterIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago, Ill. [u.a.] : Univ. of Chicago Press, 2010
Beschreibung:XI, 472 S. : graph. Darst., Kt.
Schriftenreihe:A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
ISBN:0226153746 (hardcover : alk. paper) ; 0226791858 (pbk. : alk. paper) ; 9780226153742 (: hardcover : alk. paper) ; 9780226791852 (: pbk. : alk. paper)
FIV Klassifikation:
RD (Lateinamerika) ;
SF06.03 (Kriminalität )
Schlagwörter (GND):
Lateinamerika ;
Kriminalpolitik ;
Kriminalität ;
Wirtschaftstheorie
FIV-Themen:
Lateinamerika ;
Kriminalität ;
Verbrechensbekämpfung ;
Prävention ;
Gewaltprävention ;
mehr...
FIV-Aspekte:
Kolumbien ;
Brasilien ;
Vereinigtes Königreich ;
Bogotá ;
São Paulo ;
mehr...
Schlagwörter (LCSH):
Crime > Economic aspects > Latin America
Crime prevention > Economic aspects > Latin America
Genre:
Konferenzschrift
Externe Quellen:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Klappentext
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Overview: Latin America exceptionalism? ; Understanding high crime rates in Latin America: the role of social and policy factors / Rodrigo R. Soares and Joana Naritomi ; comment: Alejandro Gaviria
  • The economics of crime meets Latin America. Capital crimes: kidnappings and corporate investment in Colombia / Rony Pshisva and Gustavo A. Suarez ; comment: Juan Pantano
  • The cost of avoiding crime: the case of Bogotá / Alejandro Gaviria, Carlos Medina, Leonardo Morales, and Jairo Núñez ; comment: Alfredo Canavese
  • Do conflicts create poverty traps? : asset losses and recovery for displaced households in Colombia / Ana María Ibáñez and Andrés Moya ; comment: Martín González Rozada
  • Crime distribution and victim behavior during a crime wave / Rafael Di Tella, Sebastián Galiani, and Ernesto Schargrodsky ; comment: Lucas Ronconi
  • Assessing São Pauloś large drop in homicides: the role of demography and policy interventions / João M P de Mello and Alexandre Schneider ; comment: Lucas Llach
  • The quality of life in prisons: do educational programs reduce in-prison conflicts? / María Laura Alzúa, Catherine Rodriguez, and Edgar Villa ; comment: Andrés Borenstein
  • International evidence. What do economists know about crime? / Angela K. Dills, Jeffrey A. Miron, and Garrett Summers ; comment: Philip J. Cook
  • Peaceable kingdoms and war zones: preemption, ballistics and murder in Newark / Brendan O'Flaherty and Rajiv Sethi ; comment: Guillermo Cruces
  • Crime displacement and police interventions: evidence from London's "operation theseus" / Mirko Draca, Stephen Machin, and Robert Witt ; comment: Catherine Rodriguez
  • The impact of incentives on human behavior: can we make it disappear? the case of the death penalty / Naci Mocan and Kaj Gittings ; comment: Lucía Quesada
  • Does arrest deter violence? comparing experimental and non-experimental evidence on mandatory arrest laws / Radha Iyengar ; comment: Rafael Di Tella.