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 …

There is a vigorous debate on whether arrests for domestic violence (DV) will deter future abuse or create a … decriminalization of domestic violence and suggest the optimal police response is to lower the threshold for arrest. …

There is a vigorous debate on whether arrests for domestic violence (DV) will deter future abuse or create a … decriminalization of domestic violence and suggest the optimal police response is to lower the threshold for arrest. …

There is a vigorous debate on whether arrests for domestic violence (DV) will deter future abuse or create a … decriminalization of domestic violence and suggest the optimal police response is to lower the threshold for arrest …

There is a vigorous debate on whether arrests for domestic violence (DV) will deter future abuse or create a … decriminalization of domestic violence and suggest the optimal police response is to lower the threshold for arrest …