, affect the likelihood to become criminal, although with differential importance by type of crime. …

fixed effects models of the increase in the number of properties confiscated on the main crime rates. From 2002 security … strategies changed, and as a result, the effects on crime rates are mostly large, negative and significant. There was a clear …

Based on individual data on the population of those arrested in Medellín, we assess whether the change in punishment at …. This implies an elasticity of arrests with respect to punishment that varies between -1.0 and -6.7 percent. The number of … than before, reaching 18 years of age, in which case they are less likely to recidivate in any type of crime. The change in …

high crime rates at the moment the children of their teen mothers become teenagers, are more likely to have higher homicide … rates in the future, when those children reach their peak crime ages, estimated to be between 18 to 26 years old in violent …

There is much discussion of the relationships between crime, inequality, and unemployment. We construct a model where … all three are endogenous. We find that introducing crime into otherwise standard models of labor markets has several … equilibria in natural but previously unexplored ways; hence two identical neighborhoods can end up with different levels of crime …

and youth crime which provides a comprehensive analysis of the dynamic interactions among these choices and exposure to … of a youth’s schooling, work and crime decisions as well as arrest and incarceration outcomes. We allow for observable …

We extend simple search-theoretic models of crime, unemployment and inequality to incorporate on-the-job search. This … of crime, on-the-job search models are more relevant empirically as well as more interesting in terms of the types of … equilibria they generate. We characterize crime decisions, unemployment, and the equilibrium wage distribution. We use …

targeting and better detection. We show that better targeting does not necessarily decrease the overall crime rate, although it … will decrease crime in the group that is targeted. Improved detection rates unambiguously decrease crime. Group … for the possibility that criminal passengers disguise themselves as members of low-crime groups. …