2003-08-19
O LOCAL DO CRIME. Um contributo da economia para a compreensão do crime intitulado "The Spatial Aspects of Crime" da autoria de Yves Zenou. Trata-se de um documento de trabalho do Centre for Economic Policy Reasech que procura explicar "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." Fica pois aqui a nossa chamada de atenção para os investigadores dos incendiários da floresta portuguesa.
