The influence of gaming expenditure on crime rates in South Australia: A local area empirical investigation

Sarah Ann Wheeler; David K. Round; Rick Sarre; Michael O'Neil

doi:10.1007/s10899-007-9070-8

The influence of gaming expenditure on crime rates in South Australia: A local area empirical investigation

Sarah Ann Wheeler, David K. Round, Rick Sarre, Michael O'Neil

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Although there has been much speculation about the possible links between gambling and crime rates, relevant quantitative evidence has been practically non-existent in Australia to date. This paper reports the results of research that utilised a model designed to investigate the potential relationship between electronic gaming machine expenditures and property (income-generating) crime rates reported to police in local areas in South Australia in 2002-2003. The research found that the higher the expenditures on gaming machines in a particular local area per adult, the higher the income-generating crime rate in that area. No such relationship was found between gaming machine expenditure and non-income-generating crime rates. However, further research is required before any policy-relevant conclusions can be drawn.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-12
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Gambling Studies
Volume	24
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-007-9070-8
Publication status	Published - Mar 2008
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Gaming machine expenditure
Income-generating crime
Local areas

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