, affect the likelihood to become criminal, although with differential importance by type of crime. … 2010 to construct our peer’s variables, and find a strong and robust positive effect of the presence of adult criminal … neighbors on the probability of becoming criminal. The result is robust across different specifications of the presence of …

Exploiting spatial and temporal variations in the number of seizures from criminal organizations, I estimate regional … 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 …

than before, reaching 18 years of age, in which case they are less likely to recidivate in any type of crime. The change in … criminal penalties at 18 years of age does not explain future differences in human capital formation among the population that …

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 …

We use hedonic price models to estimate the value households are willing to pay to avoid violent crime in the city of …