@article{ref1,
title="Economic activity and crime in the long run: an empirical investigation on aggregate data from Italy, 1951-1994",
journal="International review of law and economics",
year="1998",
author="Scorcu, Antonello E. and Cellini, Roberto",
volume="18",
number="3",
pages="279-292",
abstract="The paper analyzes the economic determinants of crime rates in Italy over the period 1951 to 1994. We show that cointegrating relationships connect the long-run equilibrium levels of crime rates to economic factors in the presence of endogenously determined structural breaks. The long-run pattern of homicides and robberies can be better explained by consumption, whereas thefts are better explained by unemployment.<p />",
language="",
issn="0144-8188",
doi="10.1016/S0144-8188(98)00011-8",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0144-8188(98)00011-8"
}