We construct linked register data on five Norwegian birth cohorts, covering: criminal charges after age 15; family … characteristics and history up to age 15; and (for males) IQ test scores. A longitudinal analysis of the risk of initiation into crime … disruptive family events including divorce or maternal death during childhood. There is a relationship between continuity of …

are in fact time-varying. Using data from the British Offending Crime and Justice panel, we estimate a dynamic factor …

offending rates five years prior to and after five different family-related transitions. Leading criminological theories predict … that marriage and fatherhood has a preventive effect on crime, with marriage receiving most support by empirical research …. The last decades' major changes in family patterns warrant a re-examination of the marriage effect. We argue that marriage …

shown to perform extremely well. Furthermore, we implement the proposed framework to study crime recidivism in Quebec, a … implemented "tough-on-crime" policy of the Canadian government has been largely successful in reducing the probability of repeat … offenses in the post-policy period. Besides, our results support existing findings on crime recidivism and offer new insights …

This study considers the effects of the kingpin strategy, an approach to fighting organized crime in which law …

explore the degree to which individuals respond to crime by applying for permits to legally carry concealed firearms. We find … specific circumstances of crime incidents and the characteristics of responsive applicants. Our results show that gun …

adulthood. By combining administrative data on school performance, high school graduation, crime, earnings, and cognitive and …

The effect of marijuana liberalization on crime is object of a large interest by social scientists and policy … argument that, even in a short period of time and with an imperfect substitute, the organized crime's supply of illegal drugs …

and crime in Germany, a country with very high consumption levels. Using detailed survey data and administrative crime … intensity induce these crimes, implying a drinking-crime elasticity of 0.4 at age 16. …