NDLI: Do the economic factors affect criminality? Evidence from Greece, 1991

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Author	Laspa, Christina
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	The paper aims to investigate the factors that influence or spurs criminal activities in Greece given its economic circumstances for the time period 1991–2010. Data were collected by international databases and published reports of the Greek Ministry of Order and were employed under statistical analysis. First, six independent variables (economic and demographic) were included in the research and it was investigated which affect the aggregate criminality. Results denote that the unemployment rate considerably affects the overall criminality. Moreover, criminality is sufficiently affected by the level of the average monthly wage and the level of population. The second point was the appointment of the factors that affect specific type-crimes. The assumption that recession would be reflected to a rise of criminality was not confirmed. Thieveries/burglaries and robberies (including robberies in banks) were not associated to any factor under study. Homicides, frauds, rapes, forgery, beggary, sexual assault, property rights crimes and illegal antiquities dealing, were not found to be associated to any economic factor. Only the crime of blackmails was found strongly associated with the level of the average monthly wages (p = 0.005). Finally, animals’ theft was associated to the amount of the general population and smuggling was found to be negatively related to the existing offenders.
Starting Page	107
Ending Page	118
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09291261
Journal	European Journal of Law and Economics
Volume Number	39
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15729990
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2013-06-14
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Criminal statistics Economic growth Unemployment Average wages Foreign offenders Greek offenders Law and Economics European Integration Public Finance & Economics Commercial Law
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Business and International Management Law Economics and Econometrics

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