An Economic Model of Crime and Police: Some Empirical Results
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
- Vol. 13 (1) , 48-63
- https://doi.org/10.1177/002242787601300105
Abstract
Crime and police are two interdependent phenomena; yet, they are often analyzed separately. This paper develops a simultaneous model of crime causation, police output and demand for police and therefore incorporates this inter dependence. It was found that relative illegal wages have a strong positive influence on crime, but police activity can retard crime. Further, police labor is positively related to police output and property crimes are more important than other types of felonies in increasing the demand for police.Keywords
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