Publications [#266575] of Philip J. Cook

Journal Articles

1. Cook, PJ; Zarkin, G, Homicide and Economic Conditions, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, vol. 2 no. 1 (March, 1986), pp. 69-80, ISSN 0748-4518 [doi]
   (last updated on 2024/04/24)

   Abstract:
   M. Harvey Brenner has produced two influential studies of the social costs of unemployment, economic inequality, and economic growth, both sponsored by the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress. This paper reports the results of an effort to reproduce Brenner’s findings for homicide from his more recent (1984) study. Our conclusions are as follows. (1) Although not obvious from his write-up, Brenner’s 1984 results differ substantively from his earlier results. (2) We are unable to reproduce his reported findings. (3) There are serious methodological problems with his procedure for choosing a regression specification.