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2015 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
5. Urban Crime
Joint Work with Zach Breit and Annamarie Bjorklund
Author : Jaime Luque
Published in: Urban Land Economics
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
The link between higher crime rates and urban areas is an issue that has been considered since the formation of cities centuries ago. Metropolitan areas have a staggering 79 % more crime than smaller cities and up to 300 % more crime than rural areas. In their research paper Edward L. Glaeser and Bruce Sacerdote, professors in economics at Harvard University and Dartmouth College respectively, seek to analyze why cities have perpetually higher crime rates. According to their findings, the major disparities in crime rates arise from factors such as pecuniary returns, classic deterrence, crime-prone individuals, agglomeration economics, and population density. In addition to simply defining these concepts, Glaeser and Sacerdote’s goal is also to examine the above factors and determine how they each contribute to an increased crime rate in big cities.