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Murphy's law or luck of the Irish? : disparate treatment of the Irish in 19th century courts
Bindler, Anna; Hjalmarsson, Randi; Machin, Stephen; … - 2023
Using data on 100 years of 19th century criminal trials at London's Old Bailey, this paper offers clear evidence of disparate treatment of Irish-named defendants and victims by English juries. We measure surname Irishness and Englishness using place of birth in the 1881 census. Irish-named...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250081
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Murphy's law or luck of the Irish? : disparate treatment of the Irish in 19th century courts
Bindler, Anna; Hjalmarsson, Randi; Machin, Stephen; … - 2023 - This version: March 31, 2023
Using data on 100 years of 19th century criminal trials at London's Old Bailey, this paper offers clear evidence of disparate treatment of Irish-named defendants and victims by English juries. We measure surname Irishness and Englishness using place of birth in the 1881 census. Irish-named...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014252023
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Murphy's Law or Luck of the Irish? Disparate Treatment of the Irish in 19th Century Courts
Bindler, Anna; Hjalmarsson, Randi; Machin, Stephen; … - 2023
Using data on 100 years of 19th century criminal trials at London's Old Bailey, this paper offers clear evidence of disparate treatment of Irish-named defendants and victims by English juries. We measure surname Irishness and Englishness using place of birth in the 1881 census. Irish-named...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296815
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Does homeownership reduce crime? A radical housing reform from the UK
Disney, Richard; Gathergood, John; Machin, Stephen; … - 2020
late 1990s. This paper studies its impact on crime, showing that RTB generated significant reductions in property and … violent crime that persist up to today. The behavioural changes of incumbent tenants and the renovation of public properties … were the main drivers of the crime reduction. This is evidence of a novel means by which subsidised homeownership and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012422764
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Murphy's law or luck of the Irish? Disparate treatment of the Irish in 19th century courts
Bindler, Anna; Hjalmarsson, Randi; Machin, Stephen; … - 2023
Using data on 100 years of 19th century criminal trials at London's Old Bailey, this paper offers clear evidence of disparate treatment of Irish-named defendants and victims by English juries. We measure surname Irishness and Englishness using place of birth in the 1881 census. Irish-named...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014374569
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Does homeownership reduce crime? : a radical housing reform from the UK
Disney, Richard; Gathergood, John; Machin, Stephen; … - 2020
late 1990s. This paper studies its impact on crime, showing that RTB generated significant reductions in property and … violent crime that persist up to today. The behavioural changes of incumbent tenants and the renovation of public properties … were the main drivers of the crime reduction. This is evidence of a novel means by which subsidised homeownership and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012395204
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Youth crime and delinquency in and out of school
Boshoff, Janine; Machin, Stephen; Sandi, Matteo - 2025
the school schedule on the dynamics of youth crime. When school is not in session, students commit more property offences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015371993
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Youth crime and delinquency in and out of school
Boshoff, Janine; Machin, Stephen; Sandi, Matteo - 2025
the school schedule on the dynamics of youth crime. When school is not in session, students commit more property offences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015418067
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Panic on the Streets of London: Police, Crime and the July 2005 Terror Attacks
Draca, Mirko; Machin, Stephen; Witt, Robert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
In this paper we study the causal impact of police on crime by looking at what happened to crime before and after the … identifies a causal impact of police on crime. Implementing an instrumental variable approach shows an elasticity of crime with … respect to police of approximately -0.3, so that a 10 percent increase in police activity reduces crime by around 3 percent. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703337
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Panic on the Streets of London: Police, Crime and the July 2005 Terror Attacks
Draca, Mirko; Machin, Stephen; Witt, Robert - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2008
In this paper we study the causal impact of police on crime by looking at what happened to crime before and after the … identifies a causal impact of police on crime. Implementing an instrumental variable approach shows an elasticity of crime with … respect to police approximately -0.3, so that a 10 percent increase in police activity reduces crime by around 3 percent. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150986