Impact of Long Run Exposure to Television on Homicides : Some Evidence from Brazil

This paper focuses on the link between television coverage and violent crime, in particular, homicides in Brazil, a country where crime has grown dramatically in recent decades. Using Census data for the period 1980–2000, the paper finds that people living in areas covered by television signal have...

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Main Authors:	Chong, Alberto, Yañez-Pagans, Mónica
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2016
Subjects:	Television Homicide crime
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24610

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spelling	okr-10986-246102021-05-25T10:54:39Z Impact of Long Run Exposure to Television on Homicides : Some Evidence from Brazil Chong, Alberto Yañez-Pagans, Mónica Television Homicide crime This paper focuses on the link between television coverage and violent crime, in particular, homicides in Brazil, a country where crime has grown dramatically in recent decades. Using Census data for the period 1980–2000, the paper finds that people living in areas covered by television signal have significantly lower rates of homicides. The effect is strongest for men of lower socioeconomic status. 2016-07-05T20:07:35Z 2016-07-05T20:07:35Z 2016-05-25 Journal Article The Journal of Development Studies 0022-0388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24610 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Brazil
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description	This paper focuses on the link between television coverage and violent crime, in particular, homicides in Brazil, a country where crime has grown dramatically in recent decades. Using Census data for the period 1980–2000, the paper finds that people living in areas covered by television signal have significantly lower rates of homicides. The effect is strongest for men of lower socioeconomic status.
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title	Impact of Long Run Exposure to Television on Homicides : Some Evidence from Brazil
title_short	Impact of Long Run Exposure to Television on Homicides : Some Evidence from Brazil
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Impact of Long Run Exposure to Television on Homicides : Some Evidence from Brazil

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