Development, crime and punishment: Accounting for the international differences in crime rates

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 155-184

  Soares, Rodrigo R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crime; Development; Inequality; Reporting rate; Victimization

Indexed keywords

CRIME; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0942289027     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2002.12.001     Document Type: Article

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