Citation

Chong A, Yanez-Pagans M. J. Dev. Stud. 2017; 53(1): 18-31.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/00220388.2016.1171843

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This paper focuses on the link between television coverage and violent crime, in particular, homicides in Brazil, a country where crime has grown dramatically in recent decades. Using Census data for the period 1980-2000, the paper finds that people living in areas covered by television signal have significantly lower rates of homicides. The effect is strongest for men of lower socioeconomic status.

Language: en