Crime and status: A contribution to strain theory
| Title: | Crime and status: A contribution to strain theory |
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| Authors: | Florian Baumann; Tim Friehe; Jel-code K H |
| Contributors: | The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
| Source: | http://economix.fr/pdf/seminaires/lien/On_Strain_Theory_120213.pdf. |
| Publication Year: | 2013 |
| Collection: | CiteSeerX |
| Subject Terms: | Crime; Strain Theory; Status; Multiple Equilibria |
| Description: | This paper studies the implications of strain theory for equilibrium crime rates in a simple economic model by assuming that potential offenders care about their relative position. We establish that subjects ’ status concerns allow for multiple crime rate equilibria and that these positional preferences may modify the results regarding predictions about how crime changes in response to a higher detection probability and a higher sanction. In addition, we argue that the socially optimal level of the detection probability and the sanction will often be higher when potential offenders care about their relative position. |
| Document Type: | text |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| Language: | English |
| Relation: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.379.4872; http://economix.fr/pdf/seminaires/lien/On_Strain_Theory_120213.pdf |
| Availability: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.379.4872; http://economix.fr/pdf/seminaires/lien/On_Strain_Theory_120213.pdf |
| Rights: | Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. |
| Accession Number: | edsbas.E35DB147 |
| Database: | BASE |