TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - Law enforcement and criminality: Europe vs. USA
JO  - International review of law and economics
A1  - Demougin, Dominique
A1  - Schwager, Robert
SP  - 217
EP  - 225
VL  - 23
IS  - 2
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 0144-8188
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0144-8188(03)00028-0
ID  - ref1
ER  -