Crime and Local Inequality in South Africa

Demombynes, Gabriel ; Ozler, Berk

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: AGED;    ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR;    APPREHENSION;    ASSAULT;    ASSAULTS;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-2925
RP-ID  :  WPS2925

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The authors examine the effects of localinequality on property and violent crime in South Africa.Their findings are consistent with economic theoriesrelating inequality to property crime, and also withsociological theories that imply that inequality leads tocrime in general. Burglary rates are 20-30 percent higher inpolice station jurisdictions that are the wealthiest amongtheir neighbors, suggesting that criminals travel toneighborhoods where the expected returns from burglary arehighest. The authors do not find evidence that inequalitybetween racial groups fosters interpersonal conflict at thelocal level.