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Storm before the calm? Adverse effects of tackling organised crime

Long, Iain W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3607-4031 2017. Storm before the calm? Adverse effects of tackling organised crime. Manchester School 85 (5) , pp. 541-576. 10.1111/manc.12155

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Abstract

Policies targeted at high-crime neighbourhoods may have unintended consequences in the presence of organized crime. Whilst they reduce the incentive to commit crime at the margin, those who still choose to join the criminal organization have relatively high criminal propensities. Large organizations take advantage of this, substituting away from membership size towards increased individual criminal activity. Aggregate crime may rise. However, as more would-be recruits move into the formal labour market, falling revenue causes a reversal of this effect. Thereafter, the policy reduces both size and individual activity simultaneously.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Business (Including Economics)
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISSN: 1463-6786
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 30 March 2016
Date of Acceptance: 4 March 2016
Last Modified: 19 May 2023 06:34
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/88044

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