It has been long recognized that cash plays a critical role in fueling street crime due to its liquidity and … circulation of cash on the streets associated with EBT implementation had an effect on crime. To address this question, we exploit … transactional anonymity. In poor neighborhoods where street offenses are concentrated, a significant source of circulating cash …

these laws may have for public safety, there has been little empirical investigation of their impact on crime and …

adolescents who suffer from depression face a substantially increased probability of engaging in property crime. We find little … evidence that adolescent depression predicts the likelihood of engaging in violent crime or the selling of illicit drugs. Our … estimates imply that the lower-bound economic cost of property crime associated with adolescent depression is about 219 million …

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 that … post-9/11 combat service substantially increased the probability of crime commission among veterans. Combat increases the …

beauty, high school beauty (pre-labor market beauty) has a separate impact on crime, and that high school beauty is …