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标题：Socio-Economic Determinants of Juvenile Crime among Street Children and Teenagers in a Brazilian State
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作者：Ari Francisco De Araujo Jr. ; Claudio Djissey Shikida ; Reginaldo Pinto Nogueira Jr. 等
期刊名称：Economics Bulletin
电子版ISSN：1545-2921
出版年度：2012
卷号：32
期号：3
页码：2076-2084
出版社：Economics Bulletin
摘要：We investigate the determinants of juvenile crime among street children and teenagers in the Minas Gerais state (Brazil). Our dataset consists of 3.028 questionnaires applied to children and teenagers found on the streets of the 21 largest cities in the state. We have estimated a Logit model, which enabled us to identify the correlation between several variables and juvenile crime. The found results show that younger males attending school and that haven't been subject to violence themselves are less inclined to commit crime. Contrary to common belief, we found that conditional transfers and other government programs do not have a direct effect on reducing crime rates among children and teenagers living or working on the streets.
关键词：Juvenile crime; Child labor