This article provides a unified explanation for why blacks commit more crime, are located in poorer neighborhoods, and … opportunity cost of committing crime and become indeed more criminal than whites. Therefore, beliefs are self-fulfilling …

We study peer effects in crime by analyzing co-offending networks. We first provide a credible estimate of peer effects … criminal from each network that reduces total crime by the largest amount. Using longitudinal data, we are able to compare the … disappeared over time, we show that the theoretical predicted crime reduction is close to what is observed in the real world. We …

Social network analysis can help us understand more about the root causes of delinquent behavior and crime and provide … practical guidance for the design of crime prevention policies. To illustrate these points, we first present a selective review …

, we find that the death of a more central co-offender leads to a larger reduction in aggregate crime. We also provide … more effective strategies for crime prevention. …