Expressive crime contrasts with instrumental crime in that delinquents do not seek material benefits. Law breakers are … motivated by the desire to ‘make a statement’, possibly against majority attitudes in the society. Fighting expressive crime is … expressive crime. Delinquents are motivated to perform the illegal action because it transmits a signal. If the punishment …

link this data to weekly crime reports at the federal state level from the United States. We exploit the high … point out that Twitter tweets related to GBV lead to a decrease in reported crime rates. The evidence shows that …

In three distinct disciplines, crime and punishment are studied experimentally: in empirical legal studies, in …