extends and qualifies a substantive qualitative literature, which has found in local democratic institutions of medieval …

indicator for medieval anti-Semitism. Pogroms during the Black Death are a strong and robust predictor of violence against Jews … in the 1920s, and of votes for the Nazi Party. In addition, cities that saw medieval anti-Semitic violence also had …

It is estimated that between ten and twenty percent of children in the United States are exposed to domestic violence … annually. While much is known about the impact of domestic violence and other family problems on children within the home … exploiting a unique data set in which children's school records are matched to domestic violence cases filed by their parent. To …

disentangle the effects of culture, legal institutions, and poverty in driving violence. We address this problem by exploiting a …Can some acts of violence be explained by a society's quot;culturequot;? Scholars have found it hard to empirically …, quality), outliers, and team fixed effects. Reinforcing our claim that we isolate cultures of violence rather than simple rule …

Laboratory experiments in psychology find that media violence increases aggression in the short run. We analyze whether … media violence affects violent crime in the field. We exploit variation in the violence of blockbuster movies from 1995 to … attendance appears to reduce alcohol consumption. Like the laboratory experiments, we find indirect evidence that movie violence …

Domestic violence remains a major public policy concern despite two decades of policy intervention. To eliminate police … inaction in response to domestic violence, many states have passed mandatory arrest laws, which require the police to arrest … abusers when a domestic violence incident is reported. These laws were justified by a randomized experiment in Minnesota which …

Three quarters of American children have been exposed to neighborhood violence in their lifetimes. Most of the existing … research has concluded that exposure to violence leads to restricted emotional development, aggressive behavior and poor school … outcomes. However, this literature fails to account for the fact that children exposed to neighborhood violence are highly …

Informal institutions govern property rights and disputes when formal systems are weak. Well-functioning institutions … should help people reach and maintain bargains, minimizing violence. Can outside organizations engineer improvements and … violent land disputes are common. Prior work showed a fall in violence and unresolved disputes within one year. We return …