public goods. To do so, we analyze policing and crime incidence under mayors directly elected by voters and under mayors … overall crime between 4.9% and 5.7%, depending on the specification. Our results further suggest that more accountable mayors …

's perspective, and therefore led the Police to increase its activity against crime …

Research demonstrates that police reduce crime. The implication of this research for investment in a particular form of … the extra police services on crime. Extra police provided by the university generate approximately 45-60 percent fewer …

serious crime more than white arrestees. The racial discrepancy is greater for agencies serving cities with higher per …

In 1984 the federal government passed the Comprehensive Crime Control Act. The act included language that permitted … how the Equitable Sharing rule influenced crime and police incentives by taking advantage of pre-existing differences in … state level civil forfeiture law and the timing of the CCCA. We find that after the CCCA, crime fell upwards of 13.4 percent …

Economic analysis of criminal behavior suggests that a rational individual commits crime only if the expected gain from … a crime is greater than the expected cost associated with it. The size of the police force increases the expected cost … effect of police on crime and results are not uniform. This paper is an attempt to test the same in Indian context (for …

document that the police had an unfounded belief in criminal activity and the person was in fact innocent of any crime. In …Ciacci & Sviatschi’s (2021) “The Effect of Adult Entertainment Establishments on Sex Crime: Evidence from New York City … that “[strip clubs and gentleman’s clubs] decrease sex crime by 13% per police precinct one week after the opening.” We …

administrative crime data and exploiting staggered implementation across Indian cities, we find that the opening of WPS is associated …