The 2005 report of the National Research Council (NRC) on Firearms and Violence recognized that violent crime was … higher in the post-passage period (relative to national crime patterns) for states adopting right-to-carry (RTC) concealed … by Lott and Mustard (LM) and Moody and Marvell (MM) that had previously been offered as evidence of crime-reducing RTC …

In most societies, a small number of people commit the most serious violence. Short-term studies have shown that … violence, especially when policymakers are searching for alternatives to aggressive policing and incarceration …

Around the world, policymakers and news reports have warned that domestic violence (DV) could increase as a result of … use high-frequency, real-time data from Los Angeles on 911 calls, crime incidents, arrests, and calls to a DV hotline to …

We evaluate the impact on crime of a localized policing experiment that depenalized the possession of small quantities … move there to purchase cannabis; (ii) enable the Lambeth police to reallocate effort towards other types of crime. We … investigate whether the depenalization policy impacts the level and composition of crime, using administrative records on criminal …

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

Buenos Aires, Argentina. We find a large, significant, robust, and immediate decline in crime following quarantine … restrictions. We observe the effect on property crime reported to official agencies, police arrests, and crime reported in … still large in commercial and residential areas (including informal settlements). After the sharp and immediate fall, crime …