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Temporal Persistence of the Homicide Rates in the Colombian Municipalities.

Cespedes Arias, Jairo LU (2015) EKHM51 20151
Department of Economic History
Abstract
The objective of this paper is to determine the existence of temporal persistence in the homicide rates in the Colombian regions, or in other words, to determine the existence of a relationship between the past and present homicide rates. In order to achieve this objective, in this study was analyzed longitudinal data with annual observations for all the municipalities of the country. The results from this analysis suggests the presence of a certain degree of criminal inertia, which implies that the homicide rates in the present can be predicted to some extent by the homicide rates in the past.
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author
Cespedes Arias, Jairo LU
supervisor
organization
course
EKHM51 20151
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Criminal dynamics., Criminal inertia, Homicide rate, Colombia
language
English
id
7854969
date added to LUP
2015-10-08 08:57:28
date last changed
2015-10-08 08:57:28
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  abstract     = {{The objective of this paper is to determine the existence of temporal persistence in the homicide rates in the Colombian regions, or in other words, to determine the existence of a relationship between the past and present homicide rates. In order to achieve this objective, in this study was analyzed longitudinal data with annual observations for all the municipalities of the country. The results from this analysis suggests the presence of a certain degree of criminal inertia, which implies that the homicide rates in the present can be predicted to some extent by the homicide rates in the past.}},
  author       = {{Cespedes Arias, Jairo}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Temporal Persistence of the Homicide Rates in the Colombian Municipalities.}},
  year         = {{2015}},
}