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The economics of crime : lessons for and from Latin America / Conference "Crime, Institutions, and Policies", Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, november 29-30, 2007.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: A National Bureau of Economic Research Conference ReportPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010.Edition: Edited by Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Edwards, and Ernesto SchargrodskyDescription: xi, 472 páginas : tablas, gráficas ; 23 cmContent type:
  • Texto
Media type:
  • Sin mediación
Carrier type:
  • Volumen
ISBN:
  • 9780226153742
  • 0226153746
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.1  C65e 21
Other classification:
  • F52
Contents:
I. Overview: Latin America exceptionalism?: 1. Understanding high crime rates in Latin America: the role of social and policy factors / Rodrigo R. Soares and Joana Naritomi -- II. The economics of crime meets Latin America: 2. Capital crimes: kidnappings and corporate investment in Colombia / Rony Pshisva and Gustavo A. Suarez ; 3. The cost of avoiding crime: the case of Bogotá / Alejandro Gaviria, Carlos Medina, Leonardo Morales, and Jairo Núñez ; 4. Do conflicts create poverty traps? asset losses and recovery for displaced households in Colombia / Ana María Ibáñez and Andrés Moya ; 5. Crime distribution and victim behavior during a crime wave / Rafael Di Tella, Sebastián Galiani, and Ernesto Schargrodsky ; 6. Assessing São Paulos large drop in homicides: the role of demography and policy interventions / João M P de Mello and Alexandre Schneider ; 7. The quality of life in prisons: do educational programs reduce in-prison conflicts? / María Laura Alzúa, Catherine Rodriguez, and Edgar Villa -- III. International evidence: 8. What do economists know about crime? / Angela K. Dills, Jeffrey A. Miron, and Garrett Summers ; 9. Peaceable kingdoms and war zones: preemption, ballistics, and murder in Newark / Brendan O'Flaherty and Rajiv Sethi ; 10. Crime displacement and police interventions: evidence from London's "operation theseus" / Mirko Draca, Stephen Machin, and Robert Witt ; 11. The impact of incentives on human behavior: can we make it disappear? the case of the death penalty / Naci Mocan and Kaj Gittings ; 12. Does arrest deter violence? comparing experimental and nonexperimental evidence on mandatory arrest laws / Radha Iyengar.
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I. Overview: Latin America exceptionalism?: 1. Understanding high crime rates in Latin America: the role of social and policy factors / Rodrigo R. Soares and Joana Naritomi -- II. The economics of crime meets Latin America: 2. Capital crimes: kidnappings and corporate investment in Colombia / Rony Pshisva and Gustavo A. Suarez ; 3. The cost of avoiding crime: the case of Bogotá / Alejandro Gaviria, Carlos Medina, Leonardo Morales, and Jairo Núñez ; 4. Do conflicts create poverty traps? asset losses and recovery for displaced households in Colombia / Ana María Ibáñez and Andrés Moya ; 5. Crime distribution and victim behavior during a crime wave / Rafael Di Tella, Sebastián Galiani, and Ernesto Schargrodsky ; 6. Assessing São Paulos large drop in homicides: the role of demography and policy interventions / João M P de Mello and Alexandre Schneider ; 7. The quality of life in prisons: do educational programs reduce in-prison conflicts? / María Laura Alzúa, Catherine Rodriguez, and Edgar Villa -- III. International evidence: 8. What do economists know about crime? / Angela K. Dills, Jeffrey A. Miron, and Garrett Summers ; 9. Peaceable kingdoms and war zones: preemption, ballistics, and murder in Newark / Brendan O'Flaherty and Rajiv Sethi ; 10. Crime displacement and police interventions: evidence from London's "operation theseus" / Mirko Draca, Stephen Machin, and Robert Witt ; 11. The impact of incentives on human behavior: can we make it disappear? the case of the death penalty / Naci Mocan and Kaj Gittings ; 12. Does arrest deter violence? comparing experimental and nonexperimental evidence on mandatory arrest laws / Radha Iyengar.

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