We develop a model where the decision to commit a crime in a neighboring area is a positive function of the percentage … of same-race individuals residing in that area since they can provide crucial information on crime possibilities. The … model then predicts a positive spatial correlation in crime between different contiguous areas; this correlation is higher …

This paper studies whether conformism behavior affects individual outcomes in crime. We present a social network model … role for all crimes, especially for petty crimes. This suggests that, for juvenile crime, an effective policy should not … only be measured by the possible crime reduction it implies but also by the group interactions it engenders. …

social networks in crime, education and labor-market outcomes. In particular, we discuss in detail identification problems in …

's Multigenerational Register matched with more than 30 years of administrative crime records. The first stage of the analysis employs a … percent for males and females, respectively. In addition, we find that the effect of education on crime persists across birth … cohorts, throughout the life cycle, and across crime categories. …

Previous estimates of the effect of unemployment on crime commonly omit determinants of criminal behavior that vary … with the business cycle, creating correlation between unemployment rates and the residuals in aggregate crime regressions … accompanying omitted variables bias to estimates of the effect of unemployment on crime. Using a state-level panel for the period …