NCJ Number
104530
Date Published
1986
Length
55 pages
Annotation
Three papers, using econometric analysis as their framework, examine various aspects of crime, its causes, and its control in Sweden.
Abstract
The first paper examines the allocation of police manpower across Swedish counties between 1975-1980. Results indicate that while manpower allocations are apparently based on population density, per capita income, offense rates, and victim losses also have a significant effect. The next paper, an econometric analysis of the drug-crime relationship in Sweden, shows that there are associations between substance abuse and economically motivated (property) crime and between the use of central stimulants and crime in general, including violent crime. The final paper examines the deterrence effects of various sanctions on drunken driving in Sweden using the complete file for all drunk driving arrests and convictions between 1976-1979. Results show that individuals arrested for drunk driving are less likely to be rearrested regardless of sanction and that arrest and sanctioning are cost-effective means for reducing the costly loss of life and injuries associated with driving while intoxicated. An appendix lists publications stimulated by the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention support of econometric analyses since 1978. References for each paper. See NCJ 104531-104533 for individual papers.