We examine the short- and medium-term effects of announcements of changes in anti-crime policies in the distant future … changes in delinquency. However, announcements of tighter anti-crime policies may even increase delinquent activities, at … least temporarily. In the case of noise shocks, we observe persistent reactions of potential offenders, indicating that a …

by young offenders using panel-econometrics. Empirical evidence suggests that the criminal policy of diversion failed as … increasing shares of dismissals by prosecutors and judges enhance crime rates in Germany. Crime is significantly deterred by …

property and violent crime. Whereas local inequality only shows an effect on crime committed by resident offenders, crime …The paper revisits the local determinants of crime using a spatial model distinguishing between resident and non …-resident offenders. Employing data for German municipalities, the model is estimated by means of a spatial GMM approach. Focusing on …

criminal opportunities. We focus on local non-rival crime deterrence that is more efficient against criminals pursuing domestic …

In this paper, we present evidence on empirical connections between crime and education, using various data sources …, it is essential to ensure that the direction of causation flows from education to crime. Therefore, we identify the … account for the endogeneity of education. In this causal approach, for property crimes, the negative crime …

measuring the effects of child maltreatment on crime using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add … Health). We focus on crime because it is one of the most socially costly potential outcomes of maltreatment, and because the … proposed mechanisms linking maltreatment and crime are relatively well elucidated in the literature. Our work addresses many …

-cooperative way how much crime effort he will exert. We show that the Nash equilibrium crime effort of each individual is proportional … removed, leads to the maximum reduction in aggregate crime. We provide a geometric characterization of the key player … player for a group of criminals of a given size. We finally endogeneize the crime participation decision, resulting in a key …