The Impact of Private Precautions on Home Burglary and Robbery in Brazil

This study evaluates the effects of precaution technologies (i.e., window bars, extra locks, alarms and electric fences, CCTV, private security, dogs and combinations of these tools) on household burglary and robbery in Brazil.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Oliveira, Cristiano Aguiar de (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
C21
C25
K42
Precaution technologies
Recursive bivariate probit
Victimization
Description
Summary:This study evaluates the effects of precaution technologies (i.e., window bars, extra locks, alarms and electric fences, CCTV, private security, dogs and combinations of these tools) on household burglary and robbery in Brazil.
ISSN:1573-7799
DOI:10.1007/s10940-016-9325-6