A General Framework of Crime Determination and the Controversial Use of Crime in the Efficiency Analysis

Abstract

Using crime as production input or output has been reported in many assessments of police efficiency. This discussion Preprint evaluates this controversial use based on a general framework of crime and comments from the scientific literature. The complete assessment and discussion of this paper can be accessed in Nepomuceno et al. (2020) "Exogenous Crimes and the Assessment of Public Safety Efficiency and Effectiveness", Annals of Operations Research.