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| Florian Baumann and Tim Friehe |
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| ''On the Interaction of Individual and Collective Crime'' |
| ( 2010, Vol. 30 No.3 ) |
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| This paper shows that increasing the sanction on collective crime
may increase its prevalence. This situation arises when individuals
can commit crimes both individually and as part of a collective. Our
result is based on an interdependence between detection
probabilities where detection of an individual crime may result in
the uncovering of the collective crime as well. |
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| Keywords: Law enforcement, Crime, Collective Crime |
JEL: K4 - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior: General
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| Manuscript Received : Jun 04 2010 | | Manuscript Accepted : Sep 09 2010 |
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