violent crime when states adopt right-to-carry (RTC) concealed handgun laws. Our preferred panel data regression specification …This paper uses more complete state panel data (through 2014) and new statistical techniques to estimate the impact on …, unlike the statistical model of Lott and Mustard that had previously been offered as evidence of crime-reducing RTC laws …

panel data estimates of the increase in violent crime will be understated …The 2005 report of the National Research Council (NRC) on Firearms and Violence recognized that violent crime was …Our preferred panel data regression specification (the "DAWmodel") and the Brennan Center (BC) model, as well as other …

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 …

state-level buyback rate. -- Firearms ownership ; homicide ; suicide ; panel data …

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

response to Covid-19 in New Zealand for six crime types in six cities. We then use the estimated models to forecast … counterfactual crime trajectories. Novel elements include cleanly defined lockdown periods, two distinct lockdowns with meaningful …