The Murder Epidemic: A Global Comparative Study

被引:60
作者
Asongu, Simplice A. [1 ]
Acha-Anyi, Paul N. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Cape Town, Grad Sch Business, Dev Finance Ctr, Cape Town, South Africa
[2] Tshwane Univ Technol, Pretoria, South Africa
关键词
homicides; global evidence; persistence; Latin America; INCLUSIVE HUMAN-DEVELOPMENT; FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC-INEQUALITY; HOMICIDE RATES; CONVERGENCE; PERSISTENCE; TERRORISM; COUNTRIES; QUALITY; GROWTH;
D O I
10.1177/1057567718759584
中图分类号
DF [法律]; D9 [法律];
学科分类号
0301 ;
摘要
We build on literature from policy and academic circles to assess whether Latin America is leading when it comes to persistence in homicides. The focus is on a global sample of 163 countries for the period 2010 to 2015. The empirical evidence is based on generalized method of moments. The following main finding is established. The region with the highest evidence of persistence in homicides is sub-Saharan Africa, followed by Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and then by Europe and Central Asia. In order to increase room for policy implications, the data set is decomposed into income levels, religious domination, landlockedness, and legal origins. From the conditioning information set, the following factors account for persistence in global homicides: crime, political instability, and weapons import positively affect homicides whereas the number of "security and police officers" has the opposite effect.
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页码:105 / 120
页数:16
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