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The economics of crime lessons for and from Latin America
Title
The economics of crime [electronic resource] : lessons for and from Latin America / edited by Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Edwards, and Ernesto Schargrodsky.
ISBN
9780226153766 (ebook) :
Published
Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 472 p.) : ill.
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Notes
Papers presented at the conference "Crime, Institutions, and Policies", organized by the Inter American Seminar on Economics of the National Bureau of Economic Research and Laboratorio de Investigaciones sobre Crimen, Instituciones y Políticas of Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina Nov. 29-30, 2007.
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Summary
This title presents a survey of the crime problem in Latin America, which takes a very broad and appropriately reductionist approach to analyse the determinants of the high crime levels, focusing on the negative social conditions in the region, including inequality and poverty, and poor policy design, such as relatively low police presence. The chapters illustrate three channels through which crime might generate poverty, that is, by reducing investment, by introducing assets losses, and by reducing the value of assets remaining in the control of households.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 06, 2016
Series
A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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National Bureau of Economic Research.
Universidad Torcuato di Tella. Laboratorio de Investigaciones sobre Crimen, Instituciones y Políticas.
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