The paper analyses the empirical relationship between immigrants and crime using panel data for 391 German … positive association between the immigrant rate and the crime rate. We assess the robustness of this result by considering the … interpretation of the estimates. There is no evidence that immigrants increase crime. …

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 …

effect of poverty on crime in 19th century Germany. In addition, our data set allows us to make several original … contributions to the literature. We confirm the robust positive effect of poverty on property crime. Employing the rye price as a … al., we also find a strong negative impact of poverty on violent crime. However, once we account for beer consumption …

Does internet use trigger sex crime? We use unique Norwegian data on crime and internet adoption to shed light on this … highlights three mechanisms for how internet use may affect reported sex crime, namely a reporting effect, a matching effect on … potential offenders and victims, and a direct effect on sex crime propensity. To investigate the importance of these mechanisms …

We perform an econometric analysis of the determinants of sexual violence against women and reporting behavior by … victims of sexual violence in the United States during the era of the women's movement. Drawing on the sexual …

Organized crime reinforces its corrupting influence on politics through violent intimidation. Anti-crime measures that … increase the cost of corruption but not of the exercise of violence might accordingly lead mafia-style organizations to … retaliate by resorting to violence in lieu of bribery. On the other hand, anti-corruption measures might also induce criminal …

retaliate by resorting to violence in lieu of bribery. On the other hand, this kind of anti-crime measure might also induce …Organised crime tightens its corrupting influence on politics through violent intimidation. Anti-crime measures that … increase the cost of corruption but not of the exercise of violence might accordingly lead mafia-style organizations to …

taken when it comes to interpreting the results arising from fixed-effects methods. -- Fixed-effects ; crime ; marriage …

Indirect psychological effects induced by crime are likely to contribute significantly to the total costs of crime … beyond the financial costs of direct victimization. Using detailed crime statistics for the whole of Germany and linking them … to individual-level mental health information from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we analyze whether local crime rates …

Indirect psychological effects induced by crime are likely to contribute significantly to the total costs of crime … beyond the financial costs of direct victimization. Using detailed crime statistics for the whole of Germany and linking them … to individual-level mental health information from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we analyze whether local crime rates …