Crime and violence has become one of the main social issue in developing countries, particularly in Latin America. This thesis studies the determinants of violence in developing countries and tries to understand how to reduce it. It concludes that vulnerability (inequality, low education, instability of income) has to be reduced in order to make developing countries less violent.The chapter 1 proposes a review of the theoretical literature on the determinants of crime and presents a theoretical model of criminal behavior, founded on a Beckerian setting, in which the concept of relative deprivation is introduced. This model allows for the possibility of crime committed without any economic motivation. This chapter also discusses the impact o...
This paper aims to examine the determinants of crime in the 5,565 municipalities of Brazil, with a s...
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is one of the most violent regions in the world. Importantly, ...
In this paper we study, having as theoretical reference the economic model of crime (Becker, 1968; E...
Crime and violence has become one of the main social issue in developing countries, particularly in ...
This paper adds to the literature on the economic determinants of crime by examining the impact of m...
O rápido processo de urbanização brasileiro desde o início da década de 1980 tem resultado na deteri...
The violence and criminality have become a constant problem for all the population. With this, liter...
This study aims to investigate the effects of the economic aspects of the crime for the period 1990-...
Mamadou Camara, Pierre Salama — Homicides in South America. Are the poor dangerous ? Are the poor th...
The violence and criminality have become a constant problem for all the population. With this, lite...
This work is composed by three chapters, two of them deal with education and public education polici...
This study is an effort to explore the determinants of violent crimes by using the panel data of 34 ...
This paper approaches the question of increasing crime rates in the Metropolitan Region of Salvador ...
Crime is a major problem faced by Brazil, directly affecting the population and demanding from the r...
L’Amérique Latine et les Caraïbes sont l’une des régions plus violentes du monde. Le niveau de viole...
This paper aims to examine the determinants of crime in the 5,565 municipalities of Brazil, with a s...
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is one of the most violent regions in the world. Importantly, ...
In this paper we study, having as theoretical reference the economic model of crime (Becker, 1968; E...
Crime and violence has become one of the main social issue in developing countries, particularly in ...
This paper adds to the literature on the economic determinants of crime by examining the impact of m...
O rápido processo de urbanização brasileiro desde o início da década de 1980 tem resultado na deteri...
The violence and criminality have become a constant problem for all the population. With this, liter...
This study aims to investigate the effects of the economic aspects of the crime for the period 1990-...
Mamadou Camara, Pierre Salama — Homicides in South America. Are the poor dangerous ? Are the poor th...
The violence and criminality have become a constant problem for all the population. With this, lite...
This work is composed by three chapters, two of them deal with education and public education polici...
This study is an effort to explore the determinants of violent crimes by using the panel data of 34 ...
This paper approaches the question of increasing crime rates in the Metropolitan Region of Salvador ...
Crime is a major problem faced by Brazil, directly affecting the population and demanding from the r...
L’Amérique Latine et les Caraïbes sont l’une des régions plus violentes du monde. Le niveau de viole...
This paper aims to examine the determinants of crime in the 5,565 municipalities of Brazil, with a s...
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is one of the most violent regions in the world. Importantly, ...
In this paper we study, having as theoretical reference the economic model of crime (Becker, 1968; E...