In this paper we estimate the effects of expanding access to substance-abuse treatment on local crime. We do so using …

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 …

intriguing facts that challenge some of the conventional crime hypotheses. For instance, in forty years homicides quadrupled by …

diversion failed as increasing shares of dismissals by prosecutors and judges enhance crime rates in Germany. Crime is …. -- Econometrics of crime ; evaluation of policy reforms ; panel econometrics …

, violent video games lead to decreases in violent crime. -- Video Games ; Violence ; Crime …

police, public prosecution and courts, respectively, on crime. Using detailed data on the different stages of the criminal … conviction play a major role in explaining the variation of crime rates, while the impact of the severity of punishment is small …

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 …

these dynamics. Relying on a game-theoretic approach, we show how inequality and corruption are interconnected via a crime …

pure negative income effect on crime but also raises the opportunity cost of crime. This prediction is particularly … panel dataset of state- and county-level crime rates. My point estimates show that the ACA Medicaid expansion is negatively … expansion induced reduction in crime to expansion states is almost $10 billion per year …