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Immigration and Crime in Early 20th Century America
Moehling, Carolyn M. - 2010
Research on crime in the late 20th century has consistently shown that immigrants have lower rates of involvement in … involved in crime. In 1904 prison commitment rates for more serious crimes were quite similar by nativity for all ages except …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012759715
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Recent Immigrants : Unexpected Implications for Crime and Incarceration
Butcher, Kristin F.; Piehl, Anne Morrison - 2021
Among 18-40 year old men in the United States, immigrants are less likely to be institutionalized than the native-born, and much less likely to be institutionalized than native-born men with similar demographic characteristics. Furthermore, earlier immigrants are more likely to be...
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Immigration and Violent Crime : Evidence from the Colombia-Venezuela Border
Knight, Brian G.; Tribin, Ana - 2022
This paper investigates the link between violent crime and immigration using data from Colombian municipalities during … the recent episode of immigration from Venezuela. The key finding is that, following the closing and then re-opening of … the border in 2016, which precipitated a massive immigration wave, homicides in Colombia increased in areas close to the …
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Personality Psychology and Economics
Almlund, Mathilde - 2011
This paper explores the power of personality traits both as predictors and as causes of academic and economic success, health, and criminal activity. Measured personality is interpreted as a construct derived from an economic model of preferences, constraints, and information. Evidence is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127755
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Non-Production Benefits of Education : Crime, Health, and Good Citizenship
Lochner, Lance - 2011
market productivity. Improvements in education can lower crime, improve health, and increase voting and democratic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130984
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Decreasing Delinquency, Criminal Behavior, and Recidivism by Intervening on Psychological Factors Other than Cognitive Ability : A Review of the Intervention Literature
Hill, Patrick L. - 2011
Research on the causes of delinquency has a long research history, often with an undue focus on how cognitive ability serves as the main predictor of delinquent activity. The current review examines interventions that focus on psychological factors other than cognitive ability, and discusses how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131494
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A Time-Series Analysis of Crime and Drug Use in New York City
Corman, Hope - 2010
This report summarizes the results of a project which investigated the time series interrelationships between crime …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135310
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Institutional Requirements for Effective Imposition of Fines
Piehl, Anne Morrison - 2010
A long theoretical literature in economics addresses the heavy reliance of the U.S. criminal justice system on very expensive forms of punishment - prison - when cheaper alternatives - such as fines and other sanctions - are available. This paper analyzes the role of fines as a criminal sanction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137008
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The Impact of Jury Race in Criminal Trials
Anwar, Shamena - 2010
This paper examines the impact of jury racial composition on trial outcomes using a unique data set of felony trials in Florida between 2000 and 2010. We utilize a research design that exploits day-to-day variation in the composition of the jury pool to isolate quasi-random variation in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138088
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A Cure for Crime? Psycho-Pharmaceuticals and Crime Trends
Marcotte, Dave E. - 2012
therapies and crime rates. We describe recent trends in crime and review the evidence showing mental illness as a clear risk … pharmaceutical therapies for the treatment of mental illness which diffused during the "great American crime decline." We examine … limited international data, as well as more detailed American data to assess the relationship between crime rates and rates of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013116782