Crime and Local Inequality in South Africa

The authors examine the effects of local inequality on property and violent crime in South Africa. Their findings are consistent with economic theories relating inequality to property crime, and also with sociological theories that imply that inequ...

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Main Authors:	Demombynes, Gabriel, Ozler, Berk
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGED ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR APPREHENSION ASSAULT ASSAULTS BENEFITS OF CRIME BURGLARY COEFFICIENT ESTIMATES COLLECTIVE ACTION COMPLAINTS CONFLICT COST OF CRIME COSTS OF CRIME CRIME CRIME LITERATURE CRIME RATES CRIME STATISTICS CRIME VICTIMIZATION CRIME VICTIMS CRIMES CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES CRIMINAL ACTIVITY CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR CRIMINALS DATA AVAILABILITY DETERMINANTS OF CRIME ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECONOMIC INEQUALITY EMIGRATION GROWTH RATES HIGH CRIME HIGH INEQUALITY HOMICIDE HOUSING ILLEGITIMATE ACTIVITIES IMPRISONMENT INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INEQUALITY JURISDICTION LEVEL OF CRIME LEVELS OF CRIME MEASURE OF INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT ERROR MOTIVATION MURDER MURDERS NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMIZATION OPPORTUNITY COST PAYOFFS POLICE PREVALENCE OF CRIME PUBLIC HEALTH PUNISHMENT RAPE ROBBERY SAFETY SOCIAL ISOLATION UNEMPLOYMENT VIOLENCE VIOLENT CRIME VIOLENT CRIMES YOUTH CRIME STATISTICS INEQUITY PROPERTY OFFENSES ECONOMIC THEORY SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS SOCIAL DRIFT RACIAL CONFLICTS INTERPERSONAL BEHAVIOR
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/11/2075370/crime-local-inequality-south-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19208

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spelling	okr-10986-192082021-04-23T14:03:42Z Crime and Local Inequality in South Africa Demombynes, Gabriel Ozler, Berk AGED ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR APPREHENSION ASSAULT ASSAULTS BENEFITS OF CRIME BURGLARY COEFFICIENT ESTIMATES COLLECTIVE ACTION COMPLAINTS CONFLICT COST OF CRIME COSTS OF CRIME CRIME CRIME LITERATURE CRIME RATES CRIME STATISTICS CRIME VICTIMIZATION CRIME VICTIMS CRIMES CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES CRIMINAL ACTIVITY CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR CRIMINALS DATA AVAILABILITY DETERMINANTS OF CRIME ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECONOMIC INEQUALITY EMIGRATION GROWTH RATES HIGH CRIME HIGH INEQUALITY HOMICIDE HOUSING ILLEGITIMATE ACTIVITIES IMPRISONMENT INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INEQUALITY JURISDICTION LEVEL OF CRIME LEVELS OF CRIME MEASURE OF INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT ERROR MOTIVATION MURDER MURDERS NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMIZATION OPPORTUNITY COST PAYOFFS POLICE PREVALENCE OF CRIME PUBLIC HEALTH PUNISHMENT RAPE ROBBERY SAFETY SOCIAL ISOLATION UNEMPLOYMENT VIOLENCE VIOLENT CRIME VIOLENT CRIMES YOUTH CRIME STATISTICS INEQUITY PROPERTY OFFENSES VIOLENCE ECONOMIC THEORY SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS BURGLARY SOCIAL DRIFT RACIAL CONFLICTS INTERPERSONAL BEHAVIOR The authors examine the effects of local inequality on property and violent crime in South Africa. Their findings are consistent with economic theories relating inequality to property crime, and also with sociological theories that imply that inequality leads to crime in general. Burglary rates are 20-30 percent higher in police station jurisdictions that are the wealthiest among their neighbors, suggesting that criminals travel to neighborhoods where the expected returns from burglary are highest. The authors do not find evidence that inequality between racial groups fosters interpersonal conflict at the local level. 2014-08-01T18:39:31Z 2014-08-01T18:39:31Z 2002-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/11/2075370/crime-local-inequality-south-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19208 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2925 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa South Africa
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topic	AGED ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR APPREHENSION ASSAULT ASSAULTS BENEFITS OF CRIME BURGLARY COEFFICIENT ESTIMATES COLLECTIVE ACTION COMPLAINTS CONFLICT COST OF CRIME COSTS OF CRIME CRIME CRIME LITERATURE CRIME RATES CRIME STATISTICS CRIME VICTIMIZATION CRIME VICTIMS CRIMES CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES CRIMINAL ACTIVITY CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR CRIMINALS DATA AVAILABILITY DETERMINANTS OF CRIME ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECONOMIC INEQUALITY EMIGRATION GROWTH RATES HIGH CRIME HIGH INEQUALITY HOMICIDE HOUSING ILLEGITIMATE ACTIVITIES IMPRISONMENT INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INEQUALITY JURISDICTION LEVEL OF CRIME LEVELS OF CRIME MEASURE OF INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT ERROR MOTIVATION MURDER MURDERS NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMIZATION OPPORTUNITY COST PAYOFFS POLICE PREVALENCE OF CRIME PUBLIC HEALTH PUNISHMENT RAPE ROBBERY SAFETY SOCIAL ISOLATION UNEMPLOYMENT VIOLENCE VIOLENT CRIME VIOLENT CRIMES YOUTH CRIME STATISTICS INEQUITY PROPERTY OFFENSES VIOLENCE ECONOMIC THEORY SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS BURGLARY SOCIAL DRIFT RACIAL CONFLICTS INTERPERSONAL BEHAVIOR
spellingShingle	AGED ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR APPREHENSION ASSAULT ASSAULTS BENEFITS OF CRIME BURGLARY COEFFICIENT ESTIMATES COLLECTIVE ACTION COMPLAINTS CONFLICT COST OF CRIME COSTS OF CRIME CRIME CRIME LITERATURE CRIME RATES CRIME STATISTICS CRIME VICTIMIZATION CRIME VICTIMS CRIMES CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES CRIMINAL ACTIVITY CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR CRIMINALS DATA AVAILABILITY DETERMINANTS OF CRIME ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECONOMIC INEQUALITY EMIGRATION GROWTH RATES HIGH CRIME HIGH INEQUALITY HOMICIDE HOUSING ILLEGITIMATE ACTIVITIES IMPRISONMENT INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INEQUALITY JURISDICTION LEVEL OF CRIME LEVELS OF CRIME MEASURE OF INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT ERROR MOTIVATION MURDER MURDERS NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMIZATION OPPORTUNITY COST PAYOFFS POLICE PREVALENCE OF CRIME PUBLIC HEALTH PUNISHMENT RAPE ROBBERY SAFETY SOCIAL ISOLATION UNEMPLOYMENT VIOLENCE VIOLENT CRIME VIOLENT CRIMES YOUTH CRIME STATISTICS INEQUITY PROPERTY OFFENSES VIOLENCE ECONOMIC THEORY SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS BURGLARY SOCIAL DRIFT RACIAL CONFLICTS INTERPERSONAL BEHAVIOR Demombynes, Gabriel Ozler, Berk Crime and Local Inequality in South Africa
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description	The authors examine the effects of local inequality on property and violent crime in South Africa. Their findings are consistent with economic theories relating inequality to property crime, and also with sociological theories that imply that inequality leads to crime in general. Burglary rates are 20-30 percent higher in police station jurisdictions that are the wealthiest among their neighbors, suggesting that criminals travel to neighborhoods where the expected returns from burglary are highest. The authors do not find evidence that inequality between racial groups fosters interpersonal conflict at the local level.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Demombynes, Gabriel Ozler, Berk
author_facet	Demombynes, Gabriel Ozler, Berk
author_sort	Demombynes, Gabriel
title	Crime and Local Inequality in South Africa
title_short	Crime and Local Inequality in South Africa
title_full	Crime and Local Inequality in South Africa
title_fullStr	Crime and Local Inequality in South Africa
title_full_unstemmed	Crime and Local Inequality in South Africa
title_sort	crime and local inequality in south africa
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/11/2075370/crime-local-inequality-south-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19208
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Crime and Local Inequality in South Africa

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