We employ a unique 10-year panel dataset from California to examine both the effect crime has on homelessness as well … as the effect homelessness has on crime. Our main estimator accounts for endogeneity by incorporating dynamics … interest. We find strong evidence that regions experiencing increases in property crime, but not violent crime, should expect a …

intriguing facts that challenge some of the conventional crime hypotheses. For instance, in forty years homicides quadrupled by …

lower their production costs by illegal means. Our framework combines a Salop circle with a crime model la Becker, allowing … industry (i.e., lower entry costs) reduce the crime rate. Furthermore, whether more intense competition due to the increased …

, violent video games lead to decreases in violent crime. …

lower their production costs by illegal means. Our framework combines a Salop circle with a crime model à la Becker … industry (i.e., lower entry costs) reduce the crime rate. Furthermore, whether more intense competition due to the increased …

For a rational choice theorist, the absence of crime is more difficult to explain than its presence. Arguably, the … explain how imperfect criminal sanctions deter crime. The critical component of the theory is aversion against outperforming …