Crime and Beliefs: Evidence from Latin America

Di Tella, Rafael and Donna, Javier and MacCulloch, Robert (2007): Crime and Beliefs: Evidence from Latin America.

Abstract

We find that perceptions of crime and individual experience with crime (crime victimization) are positively correlated with left-wing beliefs within countries, controlling for income and other correlates of ideology, in a sample for Latin American countries in the mid-1990’s.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: beliefs, crime, fairness, legitimacy of market.
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E6 - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook > E62 - Fiscal Policy; K - Law and Economics > K4 - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior > K42 - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law; P - Economic Systems > P1 - Capitalist Systems > P16 - Political Economy

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