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Economic Factors Influencing Homicide Rates: A European Perspective

Gazilas, Emmanouil Taxiarchis - 2024

Intentional homicide rates represent a critical societal issue, impacting public safety and social stability across … homicide rates, with countries exhibiting higher levels of economic development and financial inclusion experiencing lower … homicide rates. Utilizing robust statistical and econometric techniques, including regression analysis and correlation matrices …

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Immune Deficiency in SARS-CoV-2 Virology — Institutional Crimes and Administrative Oversights

Pachankis, Yang - 2023

Introduction: The research was conducted during the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) lockdown measures of People’s Republic of China (PRC) with a history & continuation of nuclear proliferation, current electronic warfare, metallic pollution from military heavy industry, and actinic radiation pollutants...

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Water Theft As Social Insurance: Southeastern Spain, 1851-1948

Donna, Javier; Espin Sanchez, Jose - 2019

We investigate the roles of individual characteristics and punishment progressivity on crime. Our analysis reconciles low crime rates with light punishments in self-governed communities (Ostrom, 1990), using formal punishments to deter crime (Becker, 1968). We use a novel trial dataset on water...

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The Economic Rationale of United States v. Google

Bet, German; Blair, Roger; Donna, Javier - 2022

In 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an antitrust suit against Google alleging that Google has unlawfully monopolized the markets for general search services, search advertising, and general search text advertising. The complaint raises questions involving market definition, monopoly...

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The Impact of Sodomy Law Repeals on Crime

Ciacci, Riccardo; Sansone, Dario - 2020

We exploit variation in the timing of decriminalization of same-sex sexual intercourse across U.S. states to estimate the impact of these law changes on crime. We provide the first evidence that sodomy law repeals led to a decline in the number of arrests for disorderly conduct, prostitution,...

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Inquire into the Family Economy and Social Crime

Tweneboah Senzu, Emmanuel - 2024

The paper examines social crimes that are common and significantly observed to emanates from the consequential outcome of family economic crisis, which necessitate spillover by reactionary effects of husband and wife, extended towards children, thus, create spiral crime effects at the...

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Deterrence Theory in Paraguay: Exploring Fraud and Violation of Trust Cases

Schneider, Andreas - 2019

This research paper contributes to the literature of deterrence theory in general, and in particular, with respect to white-collar crime, offering valuable insight by using a unique dataset of fraud and violation of trust incidents within the jurisdiction of Paraguay. Descriptive evidence shows...

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Judicial Discretion and Sentencing Behavior

Freeborn, Beth; Hartmann, Monica - 2009

This research studies the impact of changes to federal judicial discretion on criminal sentencing outcomes. The Feeney Amendment to the 2003 PROTECT Act restricted federal judges’ ability to impose sentences outside of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and required appellate courts to review...

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Another Look at the Deterrent Effect of Death Penalty

Choe, Jongmook - 2009

group mean homicide rates. With U.S. state-level panel data for the period 1995 - 2006, this paper fails to find a … significant homicide-reducing effect of death penalty. …

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Revisting Property Crime and Economic Conditions: An Exploratory Study to Identify Predictive Indicators beyond Unemployment Rates

Yearwood, Douglas L.; Koinis, Gerry - 2009

Numerous researchers have questioned the use of the unemployment rate as an explanatory factor in econometric studies which address the relationship between the economy and crime. This paper presents the findings from an exploratory study which sought to test the efficacy of the unemployment...

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