games lead to decreases in violent crime …

-realistic violence, many researchers and policymakers have concluded that violent games cause violent behaviors. Evidence on a causal … effect of violent games on violence is usually based on laboratory experiments finding violent games increase aggression … effects of violent game sales on violent crime using time variation in retail unit sales data of the top 50 selling video …

This study examines the change in crime observed in the weeks following the release of both violent and non-violent top … overall crime in the weeks following release. Crime increases for both youth and adults following Mature-related releases, but … the increase in crime among youth is approximately four times greater (8%) than the increase among adults (2%). Conversely …

To what extent, and under what conditions, does access to arms fuel violent crime? To answer this question, we exploit … increases in homicides, gun-related homicides and crime gun seizures in the post-2004 period. Second, the magnitude of this … cartels and entrenched local governments, highlighting the role of political instability in mediating the gun-crime …

To what extent, and under what conditions, does access to arms fuel violent crime? To answer this question, we exploit … increases in homicides, gun-related homicides and crime gun seizures in the post-2004 period. Second, the magnitude of this … cartels and entrenched local governments, highlighting the role of political instability in mediating the gun-crime …

waves of organized crime, internal tensions, breakdowns in social order, crime legislation, alternation in power, social …

This paper asks whether social movements taking place on Twitter affect gender-based violence (GBV). Using Twitter data … 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 …

This paper provides a county-level investigation of the root causes of gun violence in the U.S. To guide our empirical …

This paper provides a county-level investigation of the root causes of gun violence in the U.S. To guide our empirical …

In this paper we estimate the effects of expanding access to substance-abuse treatment on local crime. We do so using …