In this paper we analyze the link between corruption money laundering and round-trip investment via offshore … the conclusion that there is a strong link between round-trip investment and corruption money laundering …

countries with higher corruption norms, lower government control and effectiveness. Predictions of the level of counterfeiting …

Using cross-country and Peruvian data, I show that victims of misfortune, particularly crime victims, are much more … are desperate, vulnerable, or demanding services particularly prone to corruption. The effect is strongest for bribery of …

Previous studies of the impact of changes in prisoner populations on crime rates have failed to adequately control for … the simultaneity between those two variables. While increases in the number of prisoners are likely to reduce crime …, rising crime rates also translate into larger prison populations. To break that simultaneity, this paper uses the status of …

to changes in an individual's own criminal and arrest history. Young males who engage in crime but are not arrested … to engage in crime during subsequent periods. Following an arrest, individuals commit less crime, consistent with …

Cities target police patrols and public services to control crime. What are the direct and spillover effects of such …,919 streets to either 8 months of doubled police patrols, greater municipal services, both, or neither. We study how crime … responds to intensifying normal state presence in moderate- to high-crime streets, and what this implies about criminal …

Why do crime rates differ greatly across neighborhoods and schools? Comparing youth who were assigned to opposite sides … neighborhoods increases total crime. We then show that these youth are more likely to be arrested for committing crimes together … – to be “partners in crime”. Our results suggest that direct peer interaction is a key mechanism for social multipliers in …

This paper investigates the relationship between alcohol consumption, deterrence, and crime for New York City. We … by exploiting the temporal independence of crime and deterrence in these high-frequency data, and we address the …

analysis of crime and crime prevention policy. But the leading scholarly commentaries on the crime drop during the 1990s have … considerable increase in the employment of private security guards; and the decline in the use of cash. Private actions of this … sort have the potential to both reduce crime rates and reduce arrests and imprisonment. Well-designed regulations and …