This paper uses newly available data to describe the distribution of crime victimization and other criminal activities … correlation between ideological beliefs and criminal activity, finding that crime victims are more likely to believe that hard … work does not pay and that the government should increase the amount of redistribution to the poor. -- Happiness ; crime …

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

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 …

-natural experiment. The reform allowed petty offenses to be prosecuted via a simplified (fast-track) procedure but its actual …

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

diversion failed as increasing shares of dismissals by prosecutors and judges enhance crime rates in Germany. Crime is …

characteristics of the young offenders. The juvenile punishment experiment was initially conducted in certain criminal courts only and …

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