An Economic Analysis of the Deterrent Effect of Law Enforcement on Criminal Activity

Phillips, Llad; Votey, Harold L.

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“…The results of Phillips and Votey (1972) conflict with those of Carr-Hill and Stern (1973) in that Phillips and Votey did not find a production function shift over time. As a possible explanation for their results, Phillips and Votey point out that there is little research and development in the crime-prevention industry relative to other industries.…”

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confidence: 85%

“…That PEX is, in fact, not endogenous is supported empirically by the results of Phillips and Votey (1972), Votey (1 984), and Phillips (1 984).…”

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confidence: 91%

“…It should also be noted that the studies by Carr-Hill and Stern (1973) and Phillips and Votey (1972) used very different data. The Carr-Hill and Stem data consisted of observations for urban and rural police districts in England and Wales and focused on aggregate crime rates while Phillips and Voety used observations for larger U.S. cities that concerned property crimes only.…”

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confidence: 98%

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Aggregation Biases and Economies of Scale in the Metropolitan Police Unit Production Function

Marché

1992

Review of Social Economy

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“…That PEX is, in fact, not endogenous is supported empirically by the results of Phillips and Votey (1972), Votey (1 984), and Phillips (1 984).…”

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confidence: 91%

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Aggregation Biases and Economies of Scale in the Metropolitan Police Unit Production Function

Marché

1992

Review of Social Economy

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“…A high volume of crime may deplete law enforcement's resources which, in turn, may compromise crime clearance (Paré et al, 2007;Phillips and Votey, 1972;Sirén, 2002). On the other hand, there is the opposite prediction that a high volume of crime may lead to the public's demand to increase the clearance rate (Benson et al, 1994) and subsequently an increase in the police's efforts to clear crime (Davis, 2006;Furlong and Mehay, 1981;Phillips and Votey, 1972). Not surprisingly, these opposite predictions may explain the finding of nonsignificant effects at times (Greenberg and Kessler, 1982).…”

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Crime clearance rates in Canadian municipalities: A test of Donald Black's theory of law

Wong

2010

International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice

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“…In any event, a substantial case can be made for the adoption of a controlled maintenance program. 1 See, for example, Church (1970), Erlich (1973), Phillips (1973), Phillips et al (1971), Phillips and Votey (1972), Votey and Phillips (1969, 1974.…”

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Minimizing the social cost of drug abuse: An economic analysis of alternatives for policy

Votey

Phillips

1976

Policy Sci

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The use of heroin, with its concomitant social problems, is facilitated by an illicit market process which functions similarly to economic markets in general. The analysis of this process, incorporated in a model embodying the interacting relationships of crime generation and control, permits evaluation of three fundamentally different strategies for social control. These axe controlling supply through law enforcement and other strategies, controlling demand by detaining addicts, or reducing illicit market activitity by introducing an effective substitute for the services of that market. When all the social costs of addiction are taken into account and when minimizing the total of those costs is taken to be the objective, the authors conclude that the "best" solution will lie with the establishment of a drug maintenance program. Properly administered, such a program would undermine the illicit market by reducing demand. Furthermore, it can be expected to reduce levels of drug related crimes and to moderate factors encouraging addiction.

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An Economic Analysis of the Deterrent Effect of Law Enforcement on Criminal Activity

Cited by 44 publications

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Aggregation Biases and Economies of Scale in the Metropolitan Police Unit Production Function

Aggregation Biases and Economies of Scale in the Metropolitan Police Unit Production Function

Crime clearance rates in Canadian municipalities: A test of Donald Black's theory of law

Minimizing the social cost of drug abuse: An economic analysis of alternatives for policy

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