literature on the economics of crime. The main objective of this paper is twofold: to extend the "market for offenses model" to … deal with both "product" and "factor" markets, and to apply it to the case where guns are used for crime commission by … offenders and for self-protection by potential victims. Our analysis offers new insights about the association between crime and …

This paper considers the extent to which crime in early America was conditioned on height. With data on inmates … specifications of the individual crime hazard. Our results reveal that, consistent with a theory in which height can be a source of … labor market disadvantage, criminals in early America were shorter than the average American, and individual crime hazards …

monitoring (EM). We find that the recidivism rate of former prisoners is 22% while that for those 'treated' with electronic …

opportunities will deter them from crime and violence. Rigorous evidence is rare. We experimentally evaluate a program of …

's criminal justice system, offering new insights into how incarceration affects subsequent crime and employment. We construct a … further criminal behavior. For previously employed individuals, while there is no effect on recidivism, there is a lasting … panel dataset containing the criminal behavior and labor market outcomes of the entire population, and exploit the random …

of engaging in crime and therefore, a priori drawing the conclusion that criminal activity cannot be altered by …Although decades of empirical research has demonstrated that criminal behavior responds to incentives, non …

to changes in an individual's own criminal and arrest history. Young males who engage in crime but are not arrested …This paper empirically examines perceptions of the criminal justice system held by young males using longitudinal … respond similarly to changes in a sibling's criminal and arrest history. The perceived probability of arrest is then linked to …

prejudices. This paper investigates the nature of criminal sentencing in mid-nineteenth-century Pennsylvania. It finds that …

Ban-the-box (BTB) laws, which prevent employers from asking prospective employees about their criminal histories at … initial job screenings, are intended to increase employment opportunities and reduce economic incentives for crime. This study … is the first to explore the relationship between BTB laws and crime. Using agency-by-month data from the National …