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Effect of Arrests on Crime - A Multivariate Panel Analysis

NCJ Number
81801
Journal
Social Volume: 60 Issue: 3 Dated: (March 1982) Pages: 771-790
Date Published
1982
Length
20 pages
Annotation
We estimate multiwave panel models for the effect of clearance rates and a vector of socioeconomic control variables on index crimes, using a sample of 98 U.S. cities for the years 1964-70.
Abstract
No consistent evidence of a substantial effect is found. (Social Forces and Author Abstract)

Date Published: January 1, 1982