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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 …
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This paper develops a model in which individuals gain social status among their peers for being 'tough' by committing violent acts. We show that a high penalty for moderately violent acts (zero-tolerance) may yield a double dividend in that it reduces both moderate and extreme violence. The...
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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 …
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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 … intensively target regions with lower concentration of organized crime …
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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 …
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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...
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administrative crime data and exploiting staggered implementation across Indian cities, we find that the opening of WPS is associated …
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administrative crime data and exploiting staggered implementation across Indian cities, we find that the opening of WPS is associated …
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administrative crime data and exploiting staggered implementation across Indian cities, we find that the opening of WPS is associated …
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This paper provides a county-level investigation of the root causes of gun violence in the U.S. To guide our empirical analysis, we develop a simple theoretical model which suggests that firearm-related offenses in a given county increase with the number of illegal guns and decrease with social...
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