I review recent developments in the economic analysis of crime, focusing in particular on organized crime and … due to endogenous reporting of crime and the fact that randomized controlled trials are rarely an option when studying … crime. I then discuss recent advancements made possible by the combination of detailed micro-data and quasi …

reduce crime. However, the empirical evidence on the relationship between economic shocks and criminal behavior is at best … economic shocks on crime, this chapter proposes a simple conceptual framework to understand this nuanced relationship. We posit … puzzles as well as areas where additional research on the relationship between economic shocks and crime would be welcome. …

Crime is a major impediment to economic growth and development in Nigeria despite measures taken to reduce it. There is …, however, currently no major statistical analysis of how crime affects economic growth in that country. This study examines the … link between crime and growth based on the theory of rational choice and empirical data. Exogenous and endogenous growth …

Purpose - We search for determinants of the change in homicides over time by analyzing the interconnection between a … intriguing facts that challenge some of the conventional crime hypotheses. For instance, in forty years homicides quadrupled by …

We provide a critical discussion of the concept drug-related crime and review methods for estimating its volume … 2003-6, combining data from the Arrestee Survey and Offending Crime and Justice Survey to ensure adequate coverage of … the volume of drug-induced acquisitive crime linked to heroin use is high, but there is no significant evidence of violent …

the theory, studying how thieves react to changes in monetary gains from crime.Methods: Using a unique crime-level dataset … variation in metal prices represents a quasi-experimental variation in gains from crime. It is because (i) people steal copper … results are in line with the economic model of crime, wherein criminal behavior is modeled as a rational agent's decision …

This paper estimates the elasticity of the supply of offenses with respect to the gains from crime. People steal copper … market. We argue, that shocks in metal prices represent a quasi-experimental variation in gains from crime. This allows us to …

Does crime in a neighborhood cause future crime? Without a source of quasi-experimental variation in local crime, we … crimes cause more severe crimes. This suggests that a range of crime reduction policies that target lighter crimes … (prescribed, for instance, by the “broken windows” theory of crime) should not be credited with reducing the violent crime rate …