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Does child abuse cause crime?
Currie, Janet M. (contributor); Tekin, Erdal (contributor) - 2006
Child maltreatment, which includes both child abuse and child neglect, is a major social problem. This paper focuses on measuring the effects of child maltreatment on crime using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). We focus on crime because it is one of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003304677
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Does child abuse cause crime?
Currie, Janet M.; Tekin, Erdal - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003317760
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COVID-19 Has Strengthened the Relationship Between Alcohol Consumption and Domestic Violence
Chalfin, Aaron; Danagoulian, Shooshan; Deza, Monica - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
A large body of evidence documents a link between alcohol consumption and violence involving intimate partners and …-at-home orders, there has been a marked increase in domestic violence. This research considers an important mechanism behind the … increase in domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic: an increase in the riskiness of alcohol consumption. We combine 911 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012496076
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Violence while in utero : the impact of assaults during pregnancy on birth outcomes
Currie, Janet M.; Mueller-Smith, Michael; … - 2018
Causal evidence of the effects of violent crime on its victims is sparse. Yet such evidence is needed to determine the social cost of crime and to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of policy interventions in the justice system. This study presents new evidence on the effects of violent crime on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011881325
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Violence while in utero : the impact of assaults during pregnancy on birth outcomes
Currie, Janet M.; Mueller-Smith, Michael; … - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011893875
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Does " ban the box" help or hurt low-skilled workers? : statistical discrimination and employment outcomes when criminal histories are hidden
Doleac, Jennifer L.; Hansen, Benjamin - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011525469
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The Effect of Police on Crime : New Evidence from U.S. Cities, 1960-2010
Chalfin, Aaron - 2013
We argue that the key impediment to accurate measurement of the effect of police on crime is not necessarily simultaneity bias, but bias due to mismeasurement of police. Using a new panel data set on crime in medium to large U.S. cities over 1960- 2010, we obtain measurement error corrected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013086666
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Reducing Crime Through Environmental Design : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment of Street Lighting in New York City
Chalfin, Aaron - 2019
This paper offers experimental evidence that crime can be successfully reduced by changing the situational environment that potential victims and offenders face. We focus on a ubiquitous but surprisingly understudied feature of the urban landscape – street lighting – and report the first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012871155
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Under the cover of darkness : using daylight saving time to measure how ambient light influences criminal behavior
Doleac, Jennifer L.; Sanders, Nicholas J. - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009737041
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Reducing Crime Through Environmental Design : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment of Street Lighting in New York City
Chalfin, Aaron - 2019
This paper offers experimental evidence that crime can be successfully reduced by changing the situational environment that potential victims and offenders face. We focus on a ubiquitous but surprisingly understudied feature of the urban landscape - street lighting - and report the first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479748