objective crime trends could have on such perceptions. The results show that information improves perceptions of safety and …Gains from government crime-reducing programs are not always visible to the average citizen. The media overexpose crime … events, but the absence of crime rarely makes the news, increasing the risk that citizen may have inaccurate perceptions of …

Crime has tangible economic costs. It also has less understood and likely sizable intangible costs. In particular …, widespread crime has the potential to weaken trust between citizens and institutions, undermine government reform efforts, and … become an obstacle to development. Yet, the impact of crime on trust remains relatively unexplored in the literature. This …

Crime has tangible economic costs. It also has less understood and likely sizable intangible costs. In particular …, widespread crime has the potential to weaken trust between citizens and institutions, undermine government reform efforts, and … become an obstacle to development. Yet, the impact of crime on trust remains relatively unexplored in the literature. This …

who are the victims of crime are subsequently more likely than non-victims to state that inequality is high in Argentina … and that the appropriate measure to reduce crime is to become less punitive (demanding lower penalties for the same crime). …

correlation between ideological beliefs and criminal activity, finding that crime victims are more likely to believe that hard …This paper uses newly available data to describe the distribution of crime victimization and other criminal activities …

related to the occupancy of the urban surroundings) and offers valuable information for the design and prioritization of …