Socioeconomic Determinants of the Changes in Homicides over Time: A VAR Analysis

Purpose – We search for determinants of the change in homicides over time by analyzing the interconnection between a high incidence of murders and the socioeconomic environment, using Puerto Rico as the case study. This case presents intriguing facts that challenge some of the conventional crime hyp...

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Main Author: José Caraballo-Cueto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology 2015-10-01
Series:International Journal of Business and Economic Sciences Applied Research
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Online Access:http://ijbesar.teiemt.gr/docs/volume8_issue2/homicides_determinants.pdf