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

the police and to crime prevention measures. In this paper, we have elaborated upon some alternative explanatory factors … behaving rationally. Increased time and travelling costs for reporting, economic growth and a lower rate of solving crime could … all explain the development in the reported crime rate. Within this theoretical approach, the nominal crime rate could …

policies that would legalize marijuana recreational markets frequently argue that such laws will eliminate crime associated … with the black markets, which many argue is the only link between marijuana use and crime. Law enforcement, however, has … distribution), create crime in neighborhoods with these store-fronts. This study offers new insight into the question by exploiting …

The effect of marijuana liberalization on crime is object of a large interest by social scientists and policy … argument that, even in a short period of time and with an imperfect substitute, the organized crime's supply of illegal drugs …