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 … prefer fighting certain type of crimes more intensely, rather than increasing police efficiency overall. Lastly, our results …

Half of all finance and insurance firms in Norway report that they are exposed to economic crime, particularly fraud … economic crime. However, the estimated fraction of unreported, non-registered economic crime in the country is ninety … the main economic crime categories of fraud, theft, manipulation, and corruption as used by scholars to study the survey …

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

Objective: Third-party policing (TPP) refers to police efforts to persuade or coerce third parties to take some … responsibility for crime control and prevention. The Yakuza Exclusion Ordinances (YEOs) of Japan aim to combat organized crime … crime. Furthermore, the heterogeneity of the YEOs' effect suggests the effectiveness of enforcement policies that …

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 … selected crime categories). It is found that police force acts as a deterrent for violent crimes (Murder, Kidnapping & Murder …

This paper identifies the individual components of social harm associated with a hypothetical racially motivated police … encounter. An individual who believes they are being targeted by police because they are a member of a racial minority may … suffer from fear of physical harm and humiliation by the encounter itself. However, the very fact that individuals will be …

We examine the impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on reporting of gender-based violence. Using … administrative crime data and exploiting staggered implementation across Indian cities, we find that the opening of WPS is associated … with an increase in police reports of crimes against women of 29 percent, a result driven by domestic violence. This …

We examine the impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on reporting of gender- based violence. Using … administrative crime data and exploiting staggered implementation across Indian cities, we find that the opening of WPS is associated … with an increase in police reports of crimes against women of 29 percent, a result driven by domestic violence. This …

We examine the impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on reporting of gender-based violence. Using … administrative crime data and exploiting staggered implementation across Indian cities, we find that the opening of WPS is associated … with an increase in police reports of crimes against women of 29 percent, a result driven by domestic violence. This …