2023
DOI: 10.1590/3811029/2023
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Lethal crimes and the illegal drug market in Brazil from 2006 to 2015: an analysis from the point of view of the social disorganization theory and the economic theory of crime

Risomario Willams da Silva,
Francisco de Sousa Ramos

Abstract: Brazil has a high rate of homicide, whose increase in recent years seems to be closely related to the expansion of the illegal drug market. This study aims to analyze the role that socioeconomic factors (family instability, ethnic heterogeneity, unemployment rate, and average income) play in this escalation. The study uses pooled regression models and fixed and random effects, with panel data from 27 Brazilian states for the period 2006–2015. The results indicate that the illegal drug trade is positively corre… Show more

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