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The results of our investigation can be distilled in a few straightforward conclusions.
Illegal markets can function peacefully, not only in wealthy “First World” societies but in social environments where poverty is rife and violence endemic. The case of Recife suggests that five interrelated groups of factors can play powerful roles in determining whether a given illegal market will be violent or not: market characteristics, consumption patterns, drug type, police disruption, and police deterrence.
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Our reasoning overlaps with Fryer et al. (2005) who, however, only consider the competition variable and, analysing the decline in violence, attribute “the decoupling of crack and violence may be associated with the establishment of property rights and the declining profitability of crack distribution” (Fryer et al. 2005: 7).
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Daudelin, J., Ratton, J.L. (2018). Conclusion. In: Illegal Markets, Violence, and Inequality. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76249-4_5
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