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Does the Certainty of Arrest Reduce Domestic Violence? Evidence from Mandatory and Recommended Arrest laws

Iyengar, Radha - 2007

Domestic violence remains a major public policy concern despite two decades of policy intervention. To eliminate police … inaction in response to domestic violence, many states have passed mandatory arrest laws, which require the police to arrest … abusers when a domestic violence incident is reported. These laws were justified by a randomized experiment in Minnesota which …

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Crimes Against Morality : Unintended Consequences of Criminalizing Sex Work

Cameron, Lisa - 2020

We examine the impact of criminalizing sex work, exploiting an event in which local officials unexpectedly criminalized sex work in one district in East Java, Indonesia, but not in neighboring districts. We collect data from female sex workers and their clients before and after the change. We...

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Public Safety through Private Action : An economic assessment of BIDs, locks, and citizen cooperation

Cook, Philip J. - 2010

Given the central role of private individuals and firms in determining the effectiveness of the criminal justice system, and the quality and availability of criminal opportunities, private actions arguably deserve a central role in the analysis of crime and crime prevention policy. But the...

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A Cure for Crime? Psycho-Pharmaceuticals and Crime Trends

Marcotte, Dave E. - 2009

In this paper we consider possible links between the advent and diffusion of a number of new psychiatric pharmaceutical therapies and crime rates. We describe recent trends in crime and review the evidence showing mental illness as a clear risk factor both for criminal behavior and...

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I'd rather be Hanged for a Sheep than a Lamb : The Unintended Consequences of 'Three-Strikes' Laws

Iyengar, Radha - 2008

Strong sentences are common "tough on crime" tool used to reduce the incentives for individuals to participate in criminal activity. However, the design of such policies often ignores other margins along which individuals interested in participating in crime may adjust. I use California's Three...

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Assessing Urban Crime And Its Control : An Overview

Cook, Philip J. - 2008

endemically high violence rates, the reluctance of witnesses to cooperate remains a serious problem …

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A Simple Model of Optimal Hate Crime Legislation

Gan, Li - 2004

We present a simple model of the effects of hate crime legislation. It shows that even if the direct harm to victims of hate crime is the same as for other crimes, because of other differences in the effects it may still be optimal to exert more law-enforcement effort to deter or prevent hate...

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Traders, Cops and Robbers

Anderson, James E. - 2003

Why does illegal trade often flourish without formal enforcement, but sometimes fail? Why do illegal trade-reducing policies often fail? Why do States often appear to tolerate illegal trade? A model of trade with cops and robbers provides answers. `Safety in numbers' is a key element: the...

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Individual Perceptions of the Criminal Justice System

Lochner, Lance - 2003

This paper empirically examines perceptions of the criminal justice system held by young males using longitudinal survey data from the recent National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 Cohort and the National Youth Survey. While beliefs about the probability of an arrest are positively...

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Carrots, Sticks and Broken Windows

Corman, Hope - 2002

This paper investigates the impact of economics conditions (carrots) and sanctions (sticks) on murder, assault, robbery, burglary and motor vehicle theft in New York City, using monthly time-series data spanning 1974-1999. Carrots are measured by the unemployment rate and the real minimum wage;...

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