Impact of Long Run Exposure to Television on Homicides

• Tác giả: Alberto Chong
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 621.38 Electronics, communications engineering
• Thông tin xuất bản: Taylor and Francis, 2016
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 303225
• Chủ đề: 1. crime; 2. Homicide; 3. Television

Tóm tắt

This paper focuses on the link between television coverage and violent crime, in particular, homicides in Brazil, a country where crime has grown dramatically in recent decades. Using Census data for the period 1980-2000, the paper finds that people living in areas covered by television signal have significantly lower rates of homicides. The effect is strongest for men of lower socioeconomic status.