The impact of a natural disaster on altruistic behaviour and crime
The impact of a natural disaster on altruistic behaviour and crime
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DOI：
10.1111/disa.12057
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发表时间：
2014-07-01
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影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Lemieux, Frederic
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作者：
Lemieux, Frederic
以公共部门干预和支持受害者为形式的机构利他主义以及公民之间互助和团结所产生的社会利他主义构成了危机中的团结。这种走到一起，相互支持，沉淀在犯罪率下降，在这样的事件。本文提出了一个分析的日常波动的犯罪在长期的冰暴期间，魁北克，加拿大，在1998年1月，引起停电。特别令人感兴趣的是危机对日常犯罪模式的主要影响。第一个系列的分析考察了利他主义的公共部门动员对犯罪的影响。在蒙特勒吉，当向有经济需要的危机受害者分发支票时，注意到财产犯罪率大幅下降，因此，这可归因于公共干预（机构利他主义）。此外，社会利他主义（经济捐赠）的比率与犯罪率成反比，这种比率在邻近地区而不是遥远地区更为可观。
Institutional altruism in the form of a public-sector intervention and support for victims and social altruism generated by mutual aid and solidarity among citizens constitute a coming together in a crisis. This coming together and mutual support precipitate a decrease in crime rates during such an event. This paper presents an analysis of daily fluctuations in crime during the prolonged ice storms in Quebec, Canada, in January 1998 that provoked an electrical blackout. Of particular interest are the principal crisis-related influences on daily crime patterns. A first series of analyses examines the impact of altruistic public-sector mobilisation on crime. A significant decline in property crime rates was noticed when cheques were distributed to crisis victims in financial need in Monteregie, and hence they were attributable to public intervention (institutional altruism). Moreover, the rate of social altruism (financial donations), which was more substantial in adjoining rather than distant regions, was inversely proportional to crime rates.