Crime, Isolation, and Law Enforcement

Marcel Fafchamps and Christine O. N. Moser

No RP2004-05, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper investigates the relationship between criminal activity and geographical isolation. Using data from Madagascar, we show that, after we control for population composition and risk factors, crime increases with distance from urban centers and, with few exceptions, decreases with population density. In Madagascar, crime and insecurity are associated with isolation, not urbanization. This relationship is not driven by placement of law enforcement personnel which is shown to track crime, but fails to reduce feelings of insecurity in the population.

Keywords: Conflict management; Justice; Administration of; Regional economics; Rural development; Law enforcement; Crime (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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