@article{ref1,
title="Law enforcement and criminality: Europe vs. USA",
journal="International review of law and economics",
year="2003",
author="Demougin, Dominique and Schwager, Robert",
volume="23",
number="2",
pages="217-225",
abstract="We use a stylized model to show that, if transfers to the poor are founded on a security argument, there is a negative trade-off between law enforcement expenditures and criminality. In contrast, if transfers are based on altruism, the correlation between the same variables may appear positive. We argue that this provides a plausible explanation for the startling difference between the USA and Europe in crime statistics and law enforcement expenditures.<p />",
language="",
issn="0144-8188",
doi="10.1016/S0144-8188(03)00028-0",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0144-8188(03)00028-0"
}