Organized crime reinforces its corrupting influence on politics through violent intimidation. Anti-crime measures that …

Organised crime tightens its corrupting influence on politics through violent intimidation. Anti-crime measures that … retaliate by resorting to violence in lieu of bribery. On the other hand, this kind of anti-crime measure might also induce …

What is the long-term effect of organised crime presence on social capital accumulation? By leveraging novel social … capital and organised crime data, this study investigates this question within the Italian landscape. In an instrumental … variable (IV) setting, we exploit the forced resettlement law that compelled organised crime members living in the South of …

Recent contributions using police recorded calls-for-service and/or crime data to estimate impacts of COVID-19 … daily data on DV crimes recorded by the London Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), we propose a method for generating a … incidence. Estimating the same model for the impact of lockdown on police-reported DV crimes and our search-based DV-index, we …

electoral district. The drop in femicides is mainly driven by a deterrence effect that results from higher police responsiveness …

on the organized crime and what components create opportunities for the organized crime, discussing also the role of … government efficiency. The findings show a strikingly consistent pattern. Organized crime mainly operates in the distribution of … the public spending for health, housing and community amenities. There is a decreasing effect on organized crime of the …