Economics of Crime - Lessons for and From Latin America

Informationen zum Autor Rafael Di Tella is the Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and a research associate of the NBER. Sebastian Edwards is the Henry Ford II Professor of International Economics at the Anderson Graduate School of Management! University of California! Los Angeles! and a research associate of the NBER. Ernesto Schargrodsky is professor and president of Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Klappentext Crime rates in Latin America are among the highest in the world! creating climates of fear and lawlessness in several countries. This title addresses a variety of topics! including the impact of kidnappings on investment! mandatory arrest laws! education in prisons! and the relationship between poverty and crime. Zusammenfassung Crime rates in Latin America are among the highest in the world! creating climates of fear and lawlessness in several countries. This title addresses a variety of topics! including the impact of kidnappings on investment! mandatory arrest laws! education in prisons! and the relationship between poverty and crime.

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• Authors: Rafael Edwards Di Tella, Rafael DI Tella, Rafael DI Edwards Tella
• Assisted by: Rafael Di Tella (Editor), Sebastian Edwards (Editor), Edwards Sebastian (Editor), Ernesto Schargrodsky (Editor), Schargrodsky Ernesto (Editor), Rafael DI Tella (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2012
• EAN: 9780226791852
• ISBN: 978-0-226-79185-2
• No. of pages: 488
• Series: National Bureau of Economic Re; National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report; (NBER) National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Reports (CHUP); (NBER) National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Reports
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Latin America, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Political Economy, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Development economics and emerging economies