Nonlinear relationship between income, age and criminal victimization in Brazil

EconomiA

M. Justus¹  E. Sant’Anna²  L.G. Scorzafave² 

[1] Center for Social, Urban and Regional Studies, Institute of Economics, University of Campinas, Rua Pitágoras 353, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil;University of São Paulo, FEA-RP, Av. Bandeirantes 3900, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil;

关键词: Victimization;    Crime;    Income;    Age;    Violence;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.econ.2016.05.002

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This study was mainly intended to investigate the effects of the income and age of individuals on their risk of becoming victims of physical assault, theft, robbery and attempted theft or robbery. Specifically, we were looking for evidence for a nonlinear relationship between these variables and victimization risk. Data from a national victimization survey were used to estimate victimization probability models. We found that, except for robbery and physical assault, the relationship between personal income and victimization risk has an inverted-U shape. We also found an inverted U-shape relationship between the age of individuals and victimization risk for the four types of crimes analyzed.

【 授权许可】

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