. Violence and conflicts increased in Mexican municipalities suitable for opium production, as they became highly valuable to drug … cartels. People migrated out of these municipalities to escape this violence, mostly to areas close to the US border and into …

impoverished neighborhood, I examine the everyday violence and the responses of the population. Due to the deficient infrastructure …

, violent video games lead to decreases in violent crime. -- Video Games ; Violence ; Crime …

-crime relationship. -- gun control ; violence ; informal employment ; cross-border spillover ; cartels …

"Laboratory experiments in psychology find that media violence increases aggression in the short run. We analyze … whether media violence affects violent crime in the field. We exploit variation in the violence of blockbuster movies from … attendance appears to reduce alcohol consumption. Like the laboratory experiments, we find indirect evidence that movie violence …