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We provide empirical evidence of crime's impact on the mental wellbeing of both victims and non-victims. We … differentiate between the direct impact to victims and the indirect impact to society due to the fear of crime. The results show a … decrease in mental wellbeing after violent crime victimization and that the violent crime rate has a negative impact on mental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010257358
We provide empirical evidence of crime's impact on the mental wellbeing of both victims and non-victims. We … differentiate between the direct impact to victims and the indirect impact to society due to the fear of crime. The results show a … decrease in mental wellbeing after violent crime victimization and that the violent crime rate has a negative impact on mental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352261
We provide empirical evidence of crime's impact on the mental wellbeing of both victims and non-victims. We … differentiate between the direct impact to victims and the indirect impact to society due to the fear of crime. The results show a … decrease in mental wellbeing after violent crime victimization and that the violent crime rate has a negative impact on mental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959828
It has been long recognized that cash plays a critical role in fueling street crime due to its liquidity and … circulation of cash on the streets associated with EBT implementation had an effect on crime. To address this question, we exploit … had a negative and significant effect on the overall crime rate as well as burglary, assault, and larceny. According to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398758
This paper develops a dynamic life-cycle equilibrium model of crime with hetero-geneous agents and human capital … accumulation. Agents decide at each point in time whether to commit crimes by comparing potential gains from crime to the expected … form estimates or traditional partial equilibrium, static models of crime. Equilibrium effects can be particularly relevant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012821860
We investigate the short-term impact of out-of-home care on child health, schooling and juvenile crime. Using an event … increasing crime rates before placement. After placement, we find a decrease in hospitalizations and an improvement in schooling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428963
In this article we study the effects of permanent school closures on crime. We leverage the closure of over 300 schools … matched sample. We find that neighbourhoods affected by school closures experience a reduction in crime of about 9% of a … property crimes. We provide evidence on several mechanisms explaining the negative crime effect, such as changes in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014394218
This paper develops a model of crime analyzing how such behavior is associated with individual and neighborhood poverty … across crime types. A key implication is that greater economic segregation in a city should have no effect or a negative … effect on property crime, but a positive effect on violent crime. Using IV methods, I show this implication to be consistent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271296
We investigate the short-term impact of out-of-home care on child health, schooling and juvenile crime. Using an event … increasing crime rates before placement. After placement, we find a decrease in hospitalizations and an improvement in schooling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014551593
This paper develops a dynamic life-cycle equilibrium model of crime with hetero-geneous agents and human capital … accumulation. Agents decide at each point in time whether to commit crimes by comparing potential gains from crime to the expected … form estimates or traditional partial equilibrium, static models of crime. Equilibrium effects can be particularly relevant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013177694