Crime variability, peer effects, and economic inequality in social networks
A large fraction of the variance in aggregate crime rates cannot be explained by observable socioeconomic conditions. Social determinants of crime may drive the unexplained variation, but economic models of social influence so far emphasize the intensity of criminal effort, not the decision of wheth...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-09-01
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| Series: | Journal of Economic Criminology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949791423000118 |