Employment, Dynamic Deterrence and Crime

Imai, Susumu; Krishna, Kala

doi:10.3386/w8281

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“…Thus, many researches have incorporated new paradigms to explain the mechanisms that cause crime. New research studies the existing relationship between illegal behavior and social interaction (Grogger, 1997;Imai and Krishna, 2001;Lochner, 2001;Witte and Witt, 2001;inter alia). Another example is the work that links factors related to family situations or heritages to crime (Levitt, 1996;Mocan and Ress, 1999).…”

Section: Brief Comments On the Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Crime, economic conditions, social interactions and family heritage

Loureiro

Mendonça

Moreira

et al. 2009

International Review of Law and Economics

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Section: Brief Comments On the Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Crime, economic conditions, social interactions and family heritage

Loureiro

Mendonça

Moreira

et al. 2009

International Review of Law and Economics

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“…The incorporation of a lagged dependent variable (LDV) has benefited the intention to explore lasting effects and are in line with previous research (e.g. Buonanno and Montolio 2008;Caudill et al 2013;Corman and Mocan 2000;Entorf and Spengler 2008;Imai and Krishna 2004;Mustard 2003;Oliver '02 2002). The lagged variable in the first regression specification is statistically significant.…”

Section: Fraudmentioning

confidence: 60%

“…Increasing the number of prosecutors should have a negative effect on fraud, however, not significantly. The coefficient for unemployment is also not significant, but indicates that a decrease in the unemployment rate might change the perception of people's future and therefore public policies regarding employment could reduce criminal behavior significantly (Imai and Krishna 2004). However, there is no evidence that economic variables do have a significant deterrent effect.…”

Section: Fraudmentioning

confidence: 90%

Deterrence Theory in Paraguay: An Exploratory Study

Schneider¹

2018

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This research paper contributes to the literature of deterrence theory in general, and in particular with respect to white-collar crime, offering valuable inside by using a unique data set of fraud and violation of trust incidents for Paraguay. Descriptive evidence show a clear and continuous misallocation of funds and human capital, and therefore providing less efficient services for the public. Regression analysis suggests that clearance rate exerts a highly significant effect in deterring fraud but results are not clear for violation of trust incidents. Despite the limitations of available data, results confirm deterrence theory in Paraguay. However, to more than two-thirds of victims, not even the attempt was made to seek justice. As a side-result, it seems that a soft on crime strategy, induced from the former German penal code, has led to an increasing share of pre-trial diversion and therefore enhancing white-collar crimes like fraud and violation of trust due to impunity.

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“…In a recent paper, however, Glaeser et al (1996) explored the idea that social influences can explain cross-city crime rates in the United States. Other recent attempts to consider the impact of social interactions on criminal behavior include Grogger (1997), Imai and Krishna (2001), Lochner (1999) and Witte and Witt (2001). In all cases, the basic idea is that social interaction variables such as strong family links, marital status, frequency of church attendance among others, affect the probability of an individual engaging in an illegal behavior.…”

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confidence: 99%