We study desensitization to crime in a lab experiment by showing footage of criminal acts to a group of subjects, some … control before and after treated participants watch a series of real, crime-related videos (while the control group watches … non-crime-related videos). Not previously victimized participants exposed to the treatment video show significant changes …

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 …