Frontiers in the Economics of Crime: Lessons for Latin America and the Caribbean
Peer Reviewed
Date issued
Dec 2018
Subject
Crime and Violence;
Crime and Violence Prevention;
Cost of Crime
JEL code
K14 - Criminal Law;
K42 - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law;
F52 - National Security • Economic Nationalism
Category
Technical Notes
This paper uses the crime economics framework to shed light on the main drivers of crime and proposes avenues for future research and action in the region to reduce crime and its social and economic costs.
