that emotional attachment and risk attitudes play important roles in the fertility-crime relationship. Finally, results for …

subjects' status concerns can result in multiple-equilibrium crime rates and may modify the standard comparative …-statics results regarding how the crime rate changes in response to a higher detection probability and higher sanctions. In addition … theories of crime, namely strain theory. …

This paper argues that the “Economics of Crime” concentrates too much on punishment as a policy to fight crime, which … is unwise for several reasons. There are important instances in which punishment simply cannot reduce crime. Several …

We provide evidence for a beneficial welfare impact of a crime policy that is targeted at strengthening victim …

authorities across regions upon arrival, we find that immigration significantly increases crime. The crime impact of immigration … substantially stronger effects in regions with high preexisting crime levels or large shares of foreigners. …