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How Potential Offenders and Victims Interact: A Case-Study from a Public Transportation Reform

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  • Domínguez, Patricio

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This paper models crime rates as a function of the interaction between potential offenders and victims. In particular, the paper studies robbery of bus drivers, a crime that remains common in cities throughout the world. Exploiting the timing of a significant reform introduced in Chile in the public transportation sector and detailed administrative data on crime incidents, the paper shows how victims' propensity to resist an attack can alter the level and nature of criminal activity. The paper also finds a large decline in crime after the implementation of a technological innovation that eliminated cash transactions on buses. The results suggest a strong relationship between victims incentives, cash presence, and crime.

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  • Domínguez, Patricio, 2020. "How Potential Offenders and Victims Interact: A Case-Study from a Public Transportation Reform," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 10264, Inter-American Development Bank.
    • Handle: RePEc:idb:brikps:10264
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002308
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    Keywords

    Public Transportation; Economics of crime; Victims; Cash;
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    JEL classification:

    • R41 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Transportation: Demand, Supply, and Congestion; Travel Time; Safety and Accidents; Transportation Noise
    • K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law

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