Decomposing Violence : Crime Cycles in the Twentieth Century in the United States

I apply the Beveridge-Nelson business cycle decomposition method to the time series of murder in the United States (1900-2004). Separating out permanent from cyclical murder, I hypothesize that the cyclical part coincides with documented waves of organized crime, internal tensions, breakdowns in social order, crime legislation, alternation in power, social, and political unrest overseas as wars, and recently with the periodic terrorist attacks in the country

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Year of publication:	[2008]
Authors:	Gomez-Sorzano, Gustavo A.
Publisher:	[2008]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	USA \| United States \| Kriminalität \| Crime \| Gewalt \| Violence

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (19 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: Applied Econometrics and International Development, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2007 Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments August 23, 2008 erstellt
Classification:	C22 - Time-Series Models ; D74 - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances ; H56 - National Security and War ; N46 - Latin America; Caribbean ; K14 - Criminal Law ; K42 - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law ; N42 - U.S.; Canada: 1913- ; O51 - U.S.; Canada
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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