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Local Determinants of Crime: Distinguishing between Resident and Non-Resident Offenders

Büttner, Thiess ; Spengler, Hannes (2009)
Local Determinants of Crime: Distinguishing between Resident and Non-Resident Offenders.
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Item Type: Report
Type of entry: Primary publication
Title: Local Determinants of Crime: Distinguishing between Resident and Non-Resident Offenders
Language: English
Date: 29 October 2009
Place of Publication: Darmstadt
Series: Darmstadt Discussion Papers in Economics
Series Volume: 120
Abstract:

The paper revisits the local determinants of crime using a spatial model distinguishing between resident and non-resident offenders. Employing data for German municipalities, the model is estimated by means of a spatial GMM approach. Focusing on resident offenders legal earnings opportunities and the expected gain from offenses are found to be important determinants of crime. Also the socio-economic background in terms of unemployment, poverty, and inequality proves significant for both property and violent crime. Whereas local inequality only shows an effect on crime committed by resident offenders, crime committed by non-resident offenders is shown to be significantly related to the characteristics in adjacent municipalities such as unemployment and income.

Uncontrolled Keywords: Crime, Causes of Crime, Cross-Sectional Study, Spatial Econometrics, Crime Spillovers, Neighborhood Effects, Instrumental Variables
URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-48067
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JEL-Classification: K42, R19, J61, J19; Erstellt Februar 2003

Classification DDC: 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics
Divisions: 01 Department of Law and Economics
01 Department of Law and Economics > Volkswirtschaftliche Fachgebiete
Date Deposited: 29 Oct 2009 14:54
Last Modified: 25 Oct 2023 07:37
URI: https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/id/eprint/4806
PPN: 378326414
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