...Maria Berrittella Purpose The aim of this paper is to investigate the linkages between intergenerational income mobility and crime for 27 OECD countries, considering different types of crime, family ties, enforcement, in terms of punishment rate and perceived quality of the legal system...

...Soumyananda Dinda; Poulomi Khasnobis Purpose This paper examines the role of institution in the combating crime in India. This study also assesses institutions for controlling property crime in India in the post-reform era. Design/methodology/approach Crime and socio-economic data are taken...

...Folorunsho M. Ajide Purpose In this study, an investigation into the asymmetric impacts of crime rate on total factor productivity (TFP) in Nigeria is conducted. Design/methodology/approach The study employs linear and non-linear autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) modelling techniques...

... The paper employs the classical economic theories of crime and shadow pricing to estimate the total economic value and shadow prices or social productivity of police and higher court deterrence. These measures are estimated using the definitions provided by Dasgupta and by re-engineering key deterrence...

... Africa. Design/methodology/approach Using unemployment, income and crime rates as proxies for social and economic outcomes, the effect of literacy is examined by employing the fixed- and random-effects techniques to estimate a panel data covering nine provinces in South Africa from 2008 to 2017...

...Devika Hazra Purpose This paper uses data from 2010 to 2016 across 32 states and union territories to investigate the determinants of crime in India. Results indicate the significance of macroeconomic, demographic, socioeconomic and deterrence factors in accounting for various categories of crime...

... European countries over the period 1972-2012. Findings The findings reported, herein, are quite uniform irrespective of the empirical methodology employed to investigate the issue at hand. The result points to a process of convergence in terms of crime rates. However, this convergence process, although...

... to the panel data. Practical implications The main Brazilian political parties diverge on the causes of crime and how criminals should be punished. For example, in Brazil, the minimum age for one individual to be punished with imprisonment is 18 years old. Practices crimes for young people between 12...

...Joao Tovar Jalles; Martin A. Andresen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the importance of multiple measures of the economy while investigating the role of the economy with crime, as well as the sensitivity of those results. Design/methodology/approach Provincial-level data...

... 18 06 2015 16 11 2015 16 11 2015 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Crime Community Public choice Common good Local economies Legal theory I180 K420 R410 Deterrence is considered a keystone to law...

...Oznur Ozdamar Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the determinants of life satisfaction in Turkey. Moreover, this study explores the effects of air pollution and crime problems on well-being. Design/methodology/approach The estimates are based on cross-sectional data from...

...Troy Lorde; Mahalia Jackman; Simon Naitram; Shane Lowe Purpose It is generally understood that during periods of economic hardship, some persons turn to crime to compensate for income deficiencies. The paper investigates the impact of economic misery on crime. The purpose of this paper...

...Muzafar Shah Habibullah; Badariah H.Din; Baharom Abdul Hamid Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to relate the quality of governance with crime in Malaysia. The study also identifies the best good governance tool to fight against crime in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach – The study...

... of property crime victimization. Design/methodology/approach – A state preference model of crime is employed using victimization surveys data for several years complemented with municipality level data from population census. Logit regressions for the probability of victimization are run for males...

... as opportunities for cash earnings are now seen as of primary importance. Professor Colin C. Williams can be contacted at: C.C.Williams@sheffield.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Education Corruption Ukraine Informal economy Crime All societies have to produce...

...Mahalia Jackman; Troy Lorde Purpose – Digital piracy is one of the most popular forms of intellectual property theft and is currently recognized as a crime in several countries. This begs the question, if persons are fully informed that digital file sharing is a crime and, if caught, can...

... by their disadvantaged positions in the socio‐economic structure (Hall and McLean, 2009, p. 315). Marcus Marktanner can be contacted at: mmarktan@kennesaw.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Murder Democracy Income distribution Political economics Crime Social economics In his...

...Christos Kollias; Suzanna‐Maria Paleologou Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of unemployment on various types of crime in Greece. Design/methodology/approach A battery of econometric tests, including Granger causality tests, a variance decomposition analysis...

...Joan Hoffman Economic crime is too varied an activity to be explained by a single theory. Valuable insights are gained from theories that focus on individual characteristics and on the socio‐economic context of crime, but these theories are not sufficient explanations of economically motivated...

...Reza Fadaei‐Tehrani; Thomas M. Green Theories of crime and delinquency tend to be discipline‐specific and are dominated by psychological, sociological, and economic approaches. The focus of this article will be on an economic approach to understanding criminal behavior and the design of effective...