I review recent developments in the economic analysis of crime, focusing in particular on organized crime and … due to endogenous reporting of crime and the fact that randomized controlled trials are rarely an option when studying … crime. I then discuss recent advancements made possible by the combination of detailed micro-data and quasi …

In this paper we examine the empirical relationship between immigration and crime across Italian provinces during the … correlated with the incidence of property crimes and with the overall crime rate. We then use instrumental variables based on … types of crime. Since robberies represent a very small fraction of all criminal offences, the effect on the overall crime …

effect on immigrant crime. We difference out unobserved time-varying factors by 1) comparing recidivism rates of immigrants … differences in crime rates between legal and illegal immigrants. …