offenders. The overlap between offenders and victims is not well understood in criminology, and in the economics of crime the … economics, as well as bounded and ecological rationality are discussed. The paper presents new econometric evidence based on …

crime that are related to economic determinants: property crimes (including robbery, theft and car theft), fraud and usury … the tax burden; in addition, these crimes demonstrate different levels of persistence over time, reflecting different …

addiction. Curiosity or a transient attraction can lead an offender to commit her first crime. This first infraction will give … misconduct. If the feedback is sufficiently positive, the offender may commit a second crime, and possibly a third. At some point …, the offender will find herself with the opportunity to commit yet another crime, and realize that the immediate disutility …

accumulation. Agents decide at each point in time whether to commit crimes by comparing potential gains from crime to the expected …This paper develops a dynamic life-cycle equilibrium model of crime with hetero-geneous agents and human capital … form estimates or traditional partial equilibrium, static models of crime. Equilibrium effects can be particularly relevant …

environment. Using geocoded crime data and a novel source of within-city spatial and temporal variation in punishment severity, I … consistent with police treating enforcement effort and punishment severity as complementary. I also find that citywide crime and …