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the likelihood of property and violent crime, arrest, gang membership, trouble with police, and punishment under the …Several high-profile news stories have linked post-September 11 (9/11) combat service to violent crime among veterans … of modern warfare on crime. Using data from two national surveys and a unified framework, we find consistent evidence …
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public goods. To do so, we analyze policing and crime incidence under mayors directly elected by voters and under mayors … overall crime between 4.9% and 5.7%, depending on the specification. Our results further suggest that more accountable mayors … prefer fighting certain type of crimes more intensely, rather than increasing police efficiency overall. Lastly, our results …
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We examine the impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on reporting of gender- based violence. Using … administrative crime data and exploiting staggered implementation across Indian cities, we find that the opening of WPS is associated … with an increase in police reports of crimes against women of 29 percent, a result driven by domestic violence. This …
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use high-frequency, real-time data from Los Angeles on 911 calls, crime incidents, arrests, and calls to a DV hotline to …-opening. DV calls to police and to the hotline increased during the initial shutdown, but DV crimes decreased, as did arrests for … calls to the police and to the hotline. Our results highlight the heterogeneous effects of the pandemic across DV measures …
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lack of confidence in the police and fear they might be asked about their immigration status or that of relatives and … the cooperation of local law enforcement with federal immigration authorities, affect domestic homicide rates – a crime … laws in place. These findings are suggestive of the important role of policies that increase community trust in the police …
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changes in troop levels on violent crime in El Paso County, where Fort Carson is located. Our results suggest that never … relationship between the number of previously deployed units and violent crime are generally small and statistically insignificant …. We conclude that soldiers returning from combat do not represent a special threat to public safety. …
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criminal activity for youth offenders who enter service at ages 19-22. For this group property crime is reduced for up to five …
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In this paper we estimate the effects of expanding access to substance-abuse treatment on local crime. We do so using …
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the social security payment system in the United Kingdom. We exploit the UC rollout across constituencies using monthly …
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Compiling data from dozens of archival sources, I compile the most extensive series to date of the long-run imprisonment rate for five English-speaking nations: Australia, Canada, England and Wales, New Zealand and the United States. These series are constructed as a share of adults rather than...
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