Keery, Anne2013-08-272013-08-2720082008http://hdl.handle.net/10393/25329The question motivating this paper is, "Does increasing access to banking reduce the occurrence of crime?" The answer is a resounding "yes!" To answer the question, a series of sandard OLS regressions are performed based on the model used by Soares (2004)enCrime Rates and Access to Banking Services: An International Comparison