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
• Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Justice (NIJ); US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 1980 meeting of the American Society of Criminology.

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)