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Gershenson, Seth; Tekin, Erdal - 2015

Community traumatic events such as mass shootings, terrorist attacks, and natural or man-made disasters have the potential to disrupt student learning in numerous ways. For example, these events can reduce instructional time by causing teacher and student absences, school closures, and...

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Child Access Prevention Laws and Juvenile Firearm-Related Homicides

Anderson, D. Mark; Sabia, Joseph J.; Tekin, Erdal - 2018

relationship between child access prevention (CAP) laws and firearm-related homicides committed by juveniles. Our results suggest … that CAP laws are associated with a 19 percent reduction in juvenile firearm-related homicides. The estimated effect is … that CAP laws are associated with firearm-related homicides committed by adults or with non-firearm-related homicides …

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Crime and government expenditure in Brazil: Estimating the impact of government security spending on homicide rates

Gomes, Camila - 2018

Despite the widespread debate about crime in Brazil and the alarming increase in homicides in recent years, few studies … be due to issues of endogeneity when estimating the relationship between security spending and the rate of homicides. The … leads to a decrease of 0.6 per 100,000 people in the number of homicides. …

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Criminalidade e despesas públicas no Brasil: Estimativa do impacto dos gastos públicos em segurança sobre as taxas de homicídio

Gomes, Camila - 2019

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Substance Abuse Treatment Centers and Local Crime

Bondurant, Samuel R.; Lindo, Jason M.; Swensen, Isaac D. - 2016

effects on homicides are documented across three sources of homicide data. …

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The Effect of Community Traumatic Events on Student Achievement: Evidence from the Beltway Sniper Attacks

Gershenson, Seth; Tekin, Erdal - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

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Underground Gun Markets

Cook, Philip J.; Ludwig, Jens; Venkatesh, Sudhir A.; … - eSocialSciences - 2005

, complemented by results from government surveys of recent arrestees in 22 cities plus administrative data for suicides, homicides …

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Citizen Security in Belize

Peirce, Jennifer; Veyrat-Pontet, Alexandre - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

In the face of rising crime rates and increasingly complex transnational and local criminal dynamics, Belize's limited institutional resources are overstretched. Youth violence and gangs are of particular concern in urban areas, where lack of education and employment options converge with the...

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The spatial and economic relationship between labour informality and homicides in Cali, Colombia

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The effect of community traumatic events on student achievement : evidence from the Beltway Sniper attacks

Gershenson, Seth; Tekin, Erdal - 2015

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