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Law enforcement, social control and organized crime : evidence from local government dismissals in Italy
Cingano, Federico; Tonello, Marco - 2020
related to the activity of organized crime, as homicide, extortion, drug-trafficking or usury. Petty crimes are estimated to …, the signaling role of the policy, and other forms of social control) rather than induced by organized crime itself. …
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Greater US gun ownership, lethality and murder rates : analysis and policy proposals
Schiff, Maurice W. - 2019
This paper examines the US gun-related murder (GM) rate and places it in an international perspective. The data show that the US GM rate is 27 times the average rate for 22 other developed countries (ODC). Its gun ownership rate is 5.4 times that of ODC and the murder rate per gun is 5 times...
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Arrival of young talents : the send-down movement and rural education in China
Chen, Yi; Fan, Ziying; Gu, Xiaomin; Zhou, Li-An - 2018 - This draft: October 2018
This paper studies human-capital spillovers and its persistence by exploiting a unique event in modern Chinahe send-down movement. From 1962 to 1979, the Chinese central government mandated the temporary resettlement of roughly 18 million urban youths to rural areas across the country. The...
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Greek myth or fact? : the role of Greek houses in alcohol and drug violations on American campuses
Raghav, Manu; Diette, Timothy M. - 2022 - This version: March 1, 2022
Greek-letter student social groups, better known as fraternities and sororities, are a ubiquitous feature on many American higher education campuses. These organizations, especially fraternities, have a reputation for encouraging unruly and improper behavior among both members and non-members....
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On the tragedy of mass shooting : the crime effects
Gunadi, Christian - 2021
beyond those immediately exposed to the incidents. In this paper, I examine the crime consequences of mass shootings. I … property crime rate by about 4%. …
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What happens in criminal firms after godfather management removal? : judicial administration and firms performance
Calamunci, Francesca M. - 2020
level. The empirical evidence shows how organised crime firms are intrinsically managed by their dark criminal side …
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Gulags, crime, and elite violence : origins and consequences of the Russian mafia
Lonsky, Jakub - 2020
dramatic rise in crime driven by elite violence which erupted shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The …
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Economic shocks and crime : evidence from the Brazilian trade liberalization
Carneiro, Rafael Dix; Soares, Rodrigo Reis; Ulyssea, Gabriel - 2017
This paper studies the effect of changes in economic conditions on crime. We exploit the 1990s trade liberalization in … tariff reductions experienced a temporary increase in crime following liberalization. Next, we investigate through what … channels the trade-induced economic shocks may have affected crime. We show that the shocks had significant effects on …
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Extreme temperature and extreme violence across age and gender : evidence from Russia
Popova, Olga; Otrachshenko, Vladimir; Tavares, José - 2019
We examine the relationship between extreme temperatures and violent mortality across Russian regions, with implications for the social costs of climate change. We assess the unequal impact of temperature shocks across gender and age groups by exploring a dataset on temperature and violence in...
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Young adult job loss and criminal activity
Jolly, Nicholas A.; Propp, Margaret H. - 2024
This paper uses data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to study the relationship between job displacement and the probability of arrest and incarceration among young adults. Results show that displacement is associated with increases in the probability of arrest and incarceration. The...
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