I study the effect of the demolition of 22,000 units of public housing on crime in Chicago using an approach that is … the demolitions indicate that in the short run the average demolition increased city-wide crime by 0.5% per month relative … show that demolitions caused reductions in aggregate crime. I reconcile my findings with the existing literature by …

Our paper describes crime effects attributable to the Mariel Boatlift, the 1980 Cuban refugee crisis that increased …-intervention crime patterns, we find strong evidence the phenomenon comparatively increased property crime and murder rates; we also … document weaker but suggestive relative growth in per capita violent crime linked with the influx of Cubans. Compositional …

In this paper, we develop a general equilibrium model of crime and show that law enforcement has different roles …