Dynamic Interactions between Crimes
Posted: 7 Nov 2005
Abstract
This paper investigates dynamic interrelationships between crimes of different severity. With Swiss quarterly time series data we find that an increase in minor crimes dynamically triggers more severe crimes without the reverse being true. As far as enforcement is concerned, a tougher enforcement of mild offenses not only reduces minor crimes, but also dynamically deters more severe offenses, as claimed by the broken-windows-theory.
Keywords: Dynamics between crimes, Broken windows theory, Crime policy
JEL Classification: C32, K42
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Funk, Patricia and Kugler, Peter, Dynamic Interactions between Crimes. Economics Letters, Vol. 79, pp. 291-298, June 2003, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=632205
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