2. Court Backlogs and Crime in India

dc.contributor.author	Sofia Amaral
dc.contributor.author	Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay
dc.date.accessioned	2016-07-23T06:32:39Z
dc.date.available	2016-07-23T06:32:39Z
dc.date.issued	2015-07
dc.identifier.issn	2277-9752
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2259/892
dc.description	IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review 4(2) 86–91 © 2015 Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode	en_US
dc.description.abstract	We analyze the relationship between a ‘weak judiciary’, as measured by the percentage of pending trials, and the propensity to engage in criminal activities. Using state-level panel data for India from 1995 to 2007, we look at the relationship between crime and court backlogs. Our estimations show that there is a positive relationship between backlogs of cases in state High Courts and property crimes but not violent crimes. We argue that policies that increase the number of judges and justice and policing staff per capita are likely to reduce case backlogs by increasing the speed of investigations and case procedures. This in turn would reduce certain categories of crime.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Sage Publications	en_US
dc.subject	Crime	en_US
dc.subject	Violence	en_US
dc.subject	Court Backlogs	en_US
dc.subject	Weak Judiciary	en_US
dc.title	2. Court Backlogs and Crime in India	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US