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The Economics of Crime
Lessons For and From Latin America
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Edited by:
Rafael Di Tella
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English
Published/Copyright:
2010
About this book
Crime rates in Latin America are among the highest in the world, creating climates of fear and lawlessness in several countries. Despite this situation, there has been a lack of systematic effort to study crime in the region or the effectiveness of policies designed to tackle it. The Economics of Crime is a powerful corrective to this academic blind spot and makes an important contribution to the current debate on causes and solutions by applying lessons learned from recent developments in the economics of crime.
The Economics of Crime addresses a variety of topics, including the impact of kidnappings on investment, mandatory arrest laws, education in prisons, and the relationship between poverty and crime. Utilizining research from within and without Latin America, this book illustrates the broad range of approaches that have been efficacious in studying crime in both developing and developed nations. The Economics of Crime is a vital text for researchers, policymakers, and students of both crime and of Latin American economic policy.
Author / Editor information
Rafael Di Tella is the Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and a research associate of the NBER. Sebastian Edwards is the Henry Ford II Professor of International Economics at the Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles, and a research associate of the NBER. Ernesto Schargrodsky is professor and president of Universidad Torcuato Di Tella.
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I. Overview: Latin American Exceptionalism?
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II. The Economics of Crime Meets Latin America
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4. Do Conflicts Create Poverty Traps? Asset Losses and Recovery for Displaced Households in Colombia
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Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Galiani and Ernesto Schargrodsky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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III. International Evidence
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Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
August 2, 2010
eBook ISBN:
9780226153766
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536
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95 figures, 106 tables
eBook ISBN:
9780226153766
Keywords for this book
crime rates; latin america; legal system; policing; prevention; law enforcement; fear; lawlessness; kidnappings; investment; tourism; danger; mandatory arrest laws; education; prisons; poverty; bogota; colombia; displaced households; recovery; asset losses; mobility; conflict; civil war; victim behavior; homicide; murder; sao paulo; displacement; newark; ballistics; operation theseus; london; death penalty; violence; deterrence; nonfiction; sociology; criminal justice
Audience(s) for this book
Professional and scholarly;
