Political Decisions on Police Expenditures: Examining the Potential Relationship Between Political Structure, Police Expenditures and the Volume of Crime Across US States

The present study was designed to examine the variations in criminal justice expenditures across states in relation to crime, measures of political party membership, and several control variables that also attempt to explain both property and violent crime. The year, 2009, was chosen for the analysi...

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Main Author: Burch, Xavier D.
Format: Others
Published: Scholar Commons 2018
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Online Access:https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7269
https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8466&context=etd