In this paper we analyze the link between corruption money laundering and round-trip investment via offshore … the conclusion that there is a strong link between round-trip investment and corruption money laundering …

countries with higher corruption norms, lower government control and effectiveness. Predictions of the level of counterfeiting …

Using cross-country and Peruvian data, I show that victims of misfortune, particularly crime victims, are much more … are desperate, vulnerable, or demanding services particularly prone to corruption. The effect is strongest for bribery of …

Adequate wages are an important tool to shield public officials from special interests and corruption. But what is the … significantly more likely to prevent corruption in public procurement, a key area of illicit interactions between the state and … limit corruption, but also foster the use of violence as an alternative tool to influence policymaking …

analysis of crime and crime prevention policy. But the leading scholarly commentaries on the crime drop during the 1990s have … considerable increase in the employment of private security guards; and the decline in the use of cash. Private actions of this … sort have the potential to both reduce crime rates and reduce arrests and imprisonment. Well-designed regulations and …

therapies and crime rates. We describe recent trends in crime and review the evidence showing mental illness as a clear risk … pharmaceutical therapies for the treatment of mental illness which diffused during the "great American crime decline." We examine … limited international data, as well as more detailed American data to assess the relationship between crime rates and rates of …

Strong sentences are common "tough on crime" tool used to reduce the incentives for individuals to participate in … participating in crime may adjust. I use California's Three Strikes law to identify several effects of a large increase in the … combined with the high cost of violent crime relative to non-violent crime implies that Three Strikes may not be a cost …