relationship between income and repeat criminal victimization in brazil
;Marcelo Justus;Tulio Kahn;Henrique Kawamura
harvard international review2015Vol. 16pp. 295-309
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Abstract
This study analyzes the effect of income on repeat criminal victimization in Brazil using data from the 2009 National Household Sample Survey and its special supplement on victimization and access to justice. Two count-data models were estimated for four types of crime: theft, robbery, attempted theft/robbery, and physical assault. A positive nonlinear effect of income on repeat victimization for the three types of property crimes and a negative nonlinear effect of income on physical assault were observed.