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On the Interaction of Individual and Collective Crime

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  • Florian Baumann

    (University of Tuebingen)

  • Tim Friehe

    (University of Konstanz)

Abstract

This paper shows that increasing the sanction on collective crime may increase its prevalence. This situation arises when individuals can commit crimes both individually and as part of a collective. Our result is based on an interdependence between detection probabilities where detection of an individual crime may result in the uncovering of the collective crime as well.

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  • Florian Baumann & Tim Friehe, 2010. "On the Interaction of Individual and Collective Crime," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 30(3), pages 2371-2379.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-10-00364
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    Keywords

    Law enforcement; Crime; Collective Crime;
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    JEL classification:

    • K4 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior
    • D0 - Microeconomics - - General

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