single small crime can be low, such crimes generate substantial losses in the aggregate. In this paper we measure perceptions … of incorrect behavior or ‘small crime’, based on a questionnaire administered to a large representative sample from the … crimes. We present short questions that only state the nature of the small crime, as well as vignette questions, describing …

preventing crime. Under a law adopted in the Netherlands in 2001, prolific offenders could be sentenced to a prison term that was … reduced theft rates. The size of the crime-reducing effect is found to be subject to sharply diminishing returns. …

show that both forces are at play. We conduct a natural field experiment where, in a randomly assigned part of a …

We provide evidence that perceptions of crime risk are severely biased for many years after a move to a new … neighborhood. Based on four successive waves of a large crime survey, matched with administrative records on household relocations …, we find that the longer an individual lives in a neighborhood, the higher their perception of the crime rate in the …

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

that this large-scale government intervention in the use of self-protective measures lowers crime and improves social …

We conduct an experiment to study the prevalence of the higher order risk attitudes of prudence and temperance, in a … individual’s level of prudence is predictive of his wealth, saving, and borrowing behavior outside of the experiment, while …