The economics of crime
Subtitle: lessons for and from Latin America
By: edited by Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Edwards, and Ernesto Schargrodsky.
Contributors: Di Tella, Rafael.; Edwards, Sebastian, 1953-; Schargrodsky, Ernesto.; National Bureau of Economic Research.; Universidad Torcuato di Tella. Laboratorio de Investigaciones sobre Crimen, Instituciones y Políticas.
Series: National Bureau of Economic Research conference report; National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780226153742; 9780226791852
Subjects: Crime -- Economic aspects -- Latin America -- Congresses; Crime prevention -- Economic aspects -- Latin America -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Notes: 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 Políticas of Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 29-30, 2007.

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