We use data from a unique survey of members of drug-trafficking gangs in favelas (slums) of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to characterize drug-trafficking jobs and study the selection into gangs, analyzing what distinguishes gang-members from other youth living in favelas. We also estimate wage...

We use data from a unique survey of members of drug-trafficking gangs in favelas (slums) of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to characterize drug-trafficking jobs and study the selection into gangs, analyzing what distinguishes gang-members from other youth living in favelas. We also estimate wage...

We investigate the consequences of using time-invariant individual effects in panel data models when the unobservables are in fact time-varying. Using data from the British Offending Crime and Justice panel, we estimate a dynamic factor model of the occurrence of a range of illicit activities as...

Agents operating in illegal markets cannot resort to the justice system to guarantee property rights, to enforce contracts, or to seek protection from competitors' improper behaviors. In these contexts, violence is used to enforce previous agreements and to fight for market share. This...

Agents operating in illegal markets cannot resort to the justice system to guarantee property rights, to enforce contracts, or to seek protection from competitors' improper behaviors. In these contexts, violence is used to enforce previous agreements and to fight for market share. This...

Die bisherige Entwicklungszusammenarbeit mit Guinea-Bissau, die auf gute Regierungsführung, Staatenbildung und Konfliktprävention fokussiert war, hat weder zur Demokratisierung noch zur Stabilisierung der anfälligen politischen, militärischen und ökonomischen Strukturen des Landes...

Drogenbeschaffung, Drogenhandel, Drogenkonsum, Strafvollzug, Drogenpolitik, Drogenpolitikforschung, Strafvollzugsforschung, Anomiekonzept, Subkultur, Subkulturtheorie, Case Management, Sucht, Drogenabhängigkeit, Insassensubkultur, manipulative Subkultur, Gewaltsubkultur, Resozialisierung,...

Recent development cooperation with Guinea-Bissau, focusing on good governance, statebuilding and conflict prevention, did not contribute to democratization nor to the stabilization of volatile political, military and economic structures. The portrayal of Guinea- Bissau as a failed...

Recent development cooperation with Guinea-Bissau, focusing on good governance, statebuilding and conflict prevention, did not contribute to democratization nor to the stabilization of volatile political, military and economic structures. The portrayal of Guinea-Bissau as a failed 'narco-state',...