The Spatial Aspects of Crime

Yves Zenou

No 4028, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: This Paper aims to explain the spatial variations of crime, both between and within cities. Two types of mechanisms are put forward: social interactions that stipulate that an individual is more likely to commit crime if his peers commit than if they do not commit crime; and distance to jobs that indicates that remote residential location induces individuals to commit more crime. Both mechanisms are shown to have strong empirical support.

Keywords: Location; Social interaction; Distance to jobs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K42 R10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-08
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-geo, nep-law and nep-ure
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