incident. The results suggest that violent crime has large and persistent effects on mortality, suicide, earnings, work status …The connection between violence victimization and long term ill-health is well documen­ted, but evidence is lacking on … estimate the longer term consequences of interpersonal violence on victims. Using rich administrative population data for …

The 2005 report of the National Research Council (NRC) on Firearms and Violence recognized that violent crime was … higher in the post-passage period (relative to national crime patterns) for states adopting right-to-carry (RTC) concealed … by Lott and Mustard (LM) and Moody and Marvell (MM) that had previously been offered as evidence of crime-reducing RTC …

Over the past four decades, more than 2,300 people have been the victims of mass shootings involving a firearm in the …

reduces both moderate and extreme violence. The reason is that a high penalty keeps relatively 'gutless' individuals from … relatively 'tough' individuals to commit moderately violent acts and so makes moderate violence more attractive for otherwise …

Mexico has experienced a dramatic increase in violence during the last decade. This increase has been associated with …

Incarceration is a crucial part of the scholarly analysis of crime, but what happens inside penal institutions largely … seizures, random mandatory drug test results, various measures of harm, violence, and causes of death. I first document a large … increase in NPS availability and an alarming correlation with the steep rise in harm and violence behind bars. I then evaluate …

This paper studies the effect of female political representation on violence against women. Using a Regression … leads to a reduction in episodes of gender violence. The effect is particularly strong when focusing on incidents of … domestic violence, when the aggressor is the ex-husband/boyfriend, and when victims experienced sexual violence. The evidence …