The Effect of Arrests on Crime: A Multivariate Panel Analysis
- 1 March 1982
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Social Forces
- Vol. 60 (3) , 771-790
- https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/60.3.771
Abstract
We estimate multiwave panel models for the effect of clearance rates and a vector of socioeconomic control variables on index crimes, using a sample of 98 U.S. cities for the years 1964–70. No consistent evidence of a substantial effect is found.Keywords
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