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dc.contributor.authorAjilore, Olugbengaen
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Johnen
dc.date.accessioned2009-02-23-
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-14T11:01:31Z-
dc.date.available2010-05-14T11:01:31Z-
dc.date.issued2007-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/31268-
dc.description.abstractWe present evidence that more ethnically fragmented communities spend, all else equal, more on police services than less fragmented communities. We introduce a model of spending on police services which we use to interpret the data. In this model, we assume that the decision to commit a crime is a rational consideration of the costs and benefits and that spending on police services reduces the attractiveness of committing a crime. We also assume that being a victim of crime affects a loss in utility. However this victimization cost, if victim and perpetrator are a different ethnicity, is greater than or equal to that if the perpetrator is the same ethnicity. A consequence of the model is that a higher level of spending on police services is associated with more ethnically fragmented communities only when agents suffer this differential cost of victimization. These results contribute to our understanding of the stylized fact that spending on police services is increasing at a time in which crime rates are falling. Further, our results provide empirical support for the contention that people have a larger cost of victimization when the perpetrator is a different ethnicity.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aRutgers University, Department of Economics |cNew Brunswick, NJen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWorking Paper |x2007-08en
dc.subject.jelD70en
dc.subject.jelH76en
dc.subject.jelH41en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordEthnic Fragmentationen
dc.subject.keywordPoliceen
dc.subject.keywordCrimeen
dc.subject.keywordSocial Identityen
dc.subject.keywordPublic Goodsen
dc.subject.stwEthnische Gruppeen
dc.subject.stwSoziale Beziehungenen
dc.subject.stwStädtische Bevölkerungsstrukturen
dc.subject.stwKriminalpolitiken
dc.subject.stwPolizeien
dc.subject.stwKommunale Ausgabenen
dc.subject.stwÖffentliches Guten
dc.titleEthnic fragmentation and police spending: social identity and a public good-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn568266935en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:rut:rutres:200708en

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