Crime Distribution & Victim Behavior During a Crime Wave

The study of how crime affects different income groups faces several difficulties. The first is that crime-avoiding activities vary across income groups. Thus, a lower victimization rate in one group may not reflect a lower burden of crime, but rather a higher investment in avoiding crime. A second...

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Autor principal: Ernesto Schargrodsky (Autor)
Otros Autores: Sebastian Galiani ; Rafael Di Tella
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