Effect of Arrests on Crime - A Multivariate Panel Analysis

• NCJ Number: 81801
• Journal: Social Volume: 60 Issue: 3 Dated: (March 1982) Pages: 771-790
• Author(s): D F Greenberg; R C Kessler
• Date Published: 1982
• Length: 20 pages
• Grant Number(s): 79-NI-AX-0054; 80-IJ-CX-0062
• Agencies: NIJ-Sponsored
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)

Annotation

We estimate multiwave panel models for the effect of clearance rates and a vector of socioeconomic control variables on index crimes, using a sample of 98 U.S. cities for the years 1964-70.

Abstract

No consistent evidence of a substantial effect is found. (Social Forces and Author Abstract)