Property Crime in Canada: An Econometric Study

Kenneth Avio; C. Scott Clark

Published by University of Toronto Press 1976

Property Crime in Canada

An Econometric Study

Kenneth Avio and C. Scott Clark

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https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442656413

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This is the first attempt, using Canadian data and econometric techniques, to study property crime as rational economic behaviour. Supply-of-offences functions for five types of property crime are specified and estimated using provincial data for 1970-2.

Author / Editor information

Avio Kenneth :

Kenneth Avio is a professor emeritus of the Department of Economics at the University of Victoria.

Clark C. Scott :

C. Scott Clark is an adjunct research professor in the Department of Economics at Carleton University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The extent of property crime in Canada Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	6
2. The economic model of crime Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
3. Data Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
4. Empirical results Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
5. Range of elasticities for 'true' offence rates: an illustration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
6. Conclusion and recommendations for future research Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
Appendices
APPENDIX A. Derivation of expected sentence lengths Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
APPENDIX B. Police and judicial crime classifications Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
APPENDIX C. Two-stage least squares regression estimates of the supply-of-offences equations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
APPENDIX D. Ordinary least squares estimates of the supply-of-offences equations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
APPENDIX E. Data sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Copyright year: 1976
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 94

eBook

Published: December 15, 1976
ISBN: 9781442656413