Crime, Isolation and Law Enforcement.

This paper investigates the relationship between criminal activity and geographical isolation. Using data from Madagascar, we show that, after we control for population composition and risk factors, crime increases with distance from urban centres and, with few exceptions, decreases with population...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fafchamps, M, Moser, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2003