We provide a critical discussion of the concept drug-related crime and review methods for estimating its volume … 2003-6, combining data from the Arrestee Survey and Offending Crime and Justice Survey to ensure adequate coverage of … the volume of drug-induced acquisitive crime linked to heroin use is high, but there is no significant evidence of violent …

Crime risk perception is known to be an important determinant of individuals' well being. Therefore, it is crucial … citizenship crime risk perception. In this set up, the aim of this paper is to analyze the determinants (both individual and … neighborhood) of citizens' crime risk perception for the City of Barcelona (Spain) by means of a multilevel ordered logit model …

Crime risk perception is known to be an important determinant of individual well-being. It is therefore crucial that we … but also for impacting on citizens' crime risk perception. In this framework, the aim of this study is to analyze both the … individual and neighbourhood determinants of citizens' crime risk perception in the City of Barcelona (Spain) focusing on the …

of data retention on crime prevention in Europe. Using an estimator that captures dynamic effects and is robust to … heterogeneous treatment effects, we find a significant negative effect on aggregate crime rates. However, our findings indicate that … a minimum of one year is required following the implementation of the obligations for a decline in crime rates to occur …

This paper asks whether social movements taking place on Twitter affect gender-based violence (GBV). Using Twitter data … link this data to weekly crime reports at the federal state level from the United States. We exploit the high … point out that Twitter tweets related to GBV lead to a decrease in reported crime rates. The evidence shows that …

There is a vigorous debate on whether arrests for domestic violence (DV) will deter future abuse or create a …, arrest increases the probability an offender is charged with a crime. Our findings argue against recent calls for a … decriminalization of domestic violence and suggest the optimal police response is to lower the threshold for arrest. …

There is a vigorous debate on whether arrests for domestic violence (DV) will deter future abuse or create a …, arrest increases the probability an offender is charged with a crime. Our findings argue against recent calls for a … decriminalization of domestic violence and suggest the optimal police response is to lower the threshold for arrest. …

There is a vigorous debate on whether arrests for domestic violence (DV) will deter future abuse or create a …, arrest increases the probability an offender is charged with a crime. Our findings argue against recent calls for a … decriminalization of domestic violence and suggest the optimal police response is to lower the threshold for arrest …