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 centers and, with few exceptions, decreases with population...

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Auteurs principaux: Fafchamps, M, Moser, C
Format: Working paper
Langue:English
Publié: Department of Economics (University of Oxford) 2003