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After the Epidemic : Recent Trends in Youth Violence in the United States
Cook, Philip J.; Laub, John H. - 2021
The epidemic of youth violence in the United States peaked in 1993 and has been followed by a rapid, sustained drop. In … youth violence has been narrowly confined with respect to race, sex, and age, but not geography. Given the volatility in the … rates of juvenile violence, forecasting rates is a risky business indeed. Effectively narrowing the range of plausible …
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Crime and the family : lessons from teenage childbearing
Sanders, Seth - In: Controlling crime : strategies and tradeoffs, (pp. 573-598). 2011
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Education policy and crime
Lochner, Lance - In: Controlling crime : strategies and tradeoffs, (pp. 465-515). 2011
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Family income, neighborhood poverty, and crime
Heller, Sara B.; Jacob, Brian Aaron; Ludwig, Jens - In: Controlling crime : strategies and tradeoffs, (pp. 419-459). 2011
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The role of private action in controlling crime
Cook, Philip J.; MacDonald, John M. - In: Controlling crime : strategies and tradeoffs, (pp. 331-363). 2011
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Alcohol regulation and crime
Carpenter, Christopher; Dobkin, Carlos - In: Controlling crime : strategies and tradeoffs, (pp. 291-329). 2011
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Rethinking America's illegal drug policy
Donohue, John J.; Ewing, Benjamin; Peloquin, David - In: Controlling crime : strategies and tradeoffs, (pp. 215-281). 2011
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Institutional requirements for effective imposition of fines
Piehl, Anne Morrison; Williams, Geoffrey - In: Controlling crime : strategies and tradeoffs, (pp. 95-121). 2011
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Non-Production Benefits of Education : Crime, Health, and Good Citizenship
Lochner, Lance - 2011
A growing body of work suggests that education offers a wide-range of benefits that extend beyond increases in labor market productivity. Improvements in education can lower crime, improve health, and increase voting and democratic participation. This chapter reviews recent developments on these...
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The Effect of Police on Crime : New Evidence from U.S. Cities, 1960-2010
Chalfin, Aaron - 2013
We argue that the key impediment to accurate measurement of the effect of police on crime is not necessarily simultaneity bias, but bias due to mismeasurement of police. Using a new panel data set on crime in medium to large U.S. cities over 1960- 2010, we obtain measurement error corrected...
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