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Comment on "Understanding High Crime Rates in Latin America: The Role of Social and Policy Factors"

In: The Economics of Crime: Lessons For and From Latin America

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  • Alejandro Gaviria, 2010. "Comment on "Understanding High Crime Rates in Latin America: The Role of Social and Policy Factors"," NBER Chapters, in: The Economics of Crime: Lessons For and From Latin America, pages 56-60, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    1. World Bank & United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2007. "Crime, Violence, and Development : Trends, Costs, and Policy Options in the Caribbean," World Bank Publications - Reports 7687, The World Bank Group.
    2. Gaviria, Alejandro, 2000. "Increasing returns and the evolution of violent crime: the case of Colombia," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 61(1), pages 1-25, February.
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