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Violent crime in the United States of America: A time-series analysis between 1960-2000

Saridakis, G. (2004) Violent crime in the United States of America: A time-series analysis between 1960-2000. European Journal of Law and Economics, 18 (2). pp. 203-221. ISSN 0929-1261. (doi:10.1023/B:EJLE.0000045082.09601.b2) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:66004)

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Abstract

This paper empirically assesses the effects of socio-economic and demographic variables on violent crime in the United States. Using national-level time-series data over the period 1960-2000, an unrestricted vector autoregressive (VAR) model was estimated for overall violent crime, murder, rape and assault. The results indicate that there is no long-run relationship among the examined variables, but significant short-run relationships hold. Imprisonment growth, income inequality, alcohol consumption, and racial composition of the male youth population are shown to influence the short-run behaviour of violent crime.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1023/B:EJLE.0000045082.09601.b2
Uncontrolled keywords: cointegration analysis, dynamic OLS, rationality, socio-economic and demographic determinants, violent crime
Subjects: H Social Sciences
H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions: Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Department of Marketing, Entrepreneurship and International Business
Depositing User: George Saridakis
Date Deposited: 12 Feb 2018 14:57 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:25 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/66004 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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