Cáceres-Delpiano, Julio; Giolito, Eugenio P. - 2008
In this paper, we evaluate the impact of unilateral divorce on crime. First, using crime rates from the FBI's Uniform … unilateral divorce has a positive impact on violent crime rates, with an 8% to 12% average increase for the period under … impact for property crime rates, controlling for all confounding factors that may operate at the state-year, state age or age …