Property Crime in Canada: An Econometric Study - Brossura

Avio, Kenneth L.; Clark, C. Scott

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ISBN 10: 0802033342 ISBN 13: 9780802033345

Casa editrice: UNIV OF TORONTO PR, 1976

Riassunto

This is the first attempt, using Canadian data and econometric techniques, to study property crime as rational economic behaviour. Supply-of-offences functions for five types of property crime are specified and estimated using provincial data for 1970-2. Both the probability of apprehension and the probability of conviction are shown to have a substantial negative effect upon most kinds of property crime, with the conviction rate exhibiting the stronger influence. The generally significant inverse relationship between expected sentence length and the crime rate found by other researchers does not appear for the crimes investigated here. The results also indicate that estimating supply-of-offence functions over such aggregate categories as 'property crime' can lead to unjustified generalizations about particular types of crime.

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L'autore:

Kenneth Avio is a professor emeritus of the Department of Economics at the University of Victoria.

Product Description:

Book by Avio KL Clark CScott

Su questa edizione

• Editore: UNIV OF TORONTO PR
• Data di pubblicazione: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0802033342
• ISBN 13: 9780802033345
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 96