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The economics of crime [electronic resource] : lessons for and from Latin America /

by Di Tella, Rafael; Edwards, Sebastian; Schargrodsky, Ernesto; National Bureau of Economic Research; Universidad Torcuato di TellaLaboratorio de Investigaciones sobre Crimen, Instituciones y Pol�iticas.; ProQuest (Firm).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: National Bureau of Economic Research conference report: Publisher: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2009Description: xi, 472 p. : ill., map.ISBN: ; ; ; ; .Subject(s): Crime -- Economic aspects -- Latin America -- Congresses | Crime prevention -- Economic aspects -- Latin America -- Congresses | Electronic booksOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Overview: Latin America exceptionalism? -- Understanding high crime rates in Latin America: the role of social and policy factors / Rodrigo R. Soares and Joana Naritomi ; comment: Alejandro Gaviria -- The economics of crime meets Latin America. Capital crimes: kidnappings and corporate investment in Colombia / Rony Pshisva and Gustavo A. Suarez ; comment: Juan Pantano -- The cost of avoiding crime: the case of Bogot�a / Alejandro Gaviria, Carlos Medina, Leonardo Morales, and Jairo N�u�nez ; comment: Alfredo Canavese -- Do conflicts create poverty traps? : asset losses and recovery for displaced households in Colombia / Ana Mar�ia Ib�a�nez and Andr�es Moya ; comment: Mart�in Gonz�alez Rozada -- Crime distribution and victim behavior during a crime wave / Rafael Di Tella, Sebasti�an Galiani, and Ernesto Schargrodsky ; comment: Lucas Ronconi -- Assessing S�ao Paulo�s large drop in homicides: the role of demography and policy interventions / Jo�ao M P de Mello and Alexandre Schneider ; comment: Lucas Llach -- The quality of life in prisons: do educational programs reduce in-prison conflicts? / Mar�ia Laura Alz�ua, Catherine Rodriguez, and Edgar Villa ; comment: Andr�es Borenstein -- International evidence. What do economists know about crime? / Angela K. Dills, Jeffrey A. Miron, and Garrett Summers ; comment: Philip J. Cook -- Peaceable kingdoms and war zones: preemption, ballistics and murder in Newark / Brendan O'Flaherty and Rajiv Sethi ; comment: Guillermo Cruces -- Crime displacement and police interventions: evidence from London's "operation theseus" / Mirko Draca, Stephen Machin, and Robert Witt ; comment: Catherine Rodriguez -- The impact of incentives on human behavior: can we make it disappear? the case of the death penalty / Naci Mocan and Kaj Gittings ; comment: Luc�ia Quesada -- Does arrest deter violence? comparing experimental and non-experimental evidence on mandatory arrest laws / Radha Iyengar ; comment: Rafael Di Tella.
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Papers presented at the conference "Crime, Institutions, and Policies", organized by the Inter American Seminar on Economics of the National Bureau of Economic Research and Laboratorio de Investigaciones sobre Crimen, Instituciones y Pol�iticas of Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 29-30, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Overview: Latin America exceptionalism? -- Understanding high crime rates in Latin America: the role of social and policy factors / Rodrigo R. Soares and Joana Naritomi ; comment: Alejandro Gaviria -- The economics of crime meets Latin America. Capital crimes: kidnappings and corporate investment in Colombia / Rony Pshisva and Gustavo A. Suarez ; comment: Juan Pantano -- The cost of avoiding crime: the case of Bogot�a / Alejandro Gaviria, Carlos Medina, Leonardo Morales, and Jairo N�u�nez ; comment: Alfredo Canavese -- Do conflicts create poverty traps? : asset losses and recovery for displaced households in Colombia / Ana Mar�ia Ib�a�nez and Andr�es Moya ; comment: Mart�in Gonz�alez Rozada -- Crime distribution and victim behavior during a crime wave / Rafael Di Tella, Sebasti�an Galiani, and Ernesto Schargrodsky ; comment: Lucas Ronconi -- Assessing S�ao Paulo�s large drop in homicides: the role of demography and policy interventions / Jo�ao M P de Mello and Alexandre Schneider ; comment: Lucas Llach -- The quality of life in prisons: do educational programs reduce in-prison conflicts? / Mar�ia Laura Alz�ua, Catherine Rodriguez, and Edgar Villa ; comment: Andr�es Borenstein -- International evidence. What do economists know about crime? / Angela K. Dills, Jeffrey A. Miron, and Garrett Summers ; comment: Philip J. Cook -- Peaceable kingdoms and war zones: preemption, ballistics and murder in Newark / Brendan O'Flaherty and Rajiv Sethi ; comment: Guillermo Cruces -- Crime displacement and police interventions: evidence from London's "operation theseus" / Mirko Draca, Stephen Machin, and Robert Witt ; comment: Catherine Rodriguez -- The impact of incentives on human behavior: can we make it disappear? the case of the death penalty / Naci Mocan and Kaj Gittings ; comment: Luc�ia Quesada -- Does arrest deter violence? comparing experimental and non-experimental evidence on mandatory arrest laws / Radha Iyengar ; comment: Rafael Di Tella.

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