to increase crime. The altered behavior of permit holders, career criminals, and the police combine to generate 29 and 32 … percent increases in firearm violent crime and firearm robbery respectively. The increasing firearm violence is facilitated by … a massive 35 percent increase in gun theft (p=0.06), with further crime stimulus flowing from diminished police …

We study the opposing deterrent and enabling effects of guns carried by law-abiding citizens on violent crime, using … Violence Archive suggests that defensive gun use (DGU) by crime victims may decrease the probability of their injury or death … commensurate increase in the incidence and lethality of crime. In summary, our analysis supports the conclusion that the widespread …

How does immigration enforcement affect public safety? Heightened enforcement could reduce crime by deterring and … incapacitating immigrant offenders or, alternatively, increase crime by discouraging victims from reporting offenses. We study the U … institutions as a central determinant of public safety …