earthquake decreased burglaries but left other crime types unaffected. The effect stays significant even after controlling for … theory of crime, value and specialization. We conclude that burglars respond to damages that devaluate their prospective … takings. Yet, they cannot shift their specialization and substitute burglaries with other crime types. …

related to the activity of organized crime, as homicide, extortion, drug-trafficking or usury. Petty crimes are estimated to …, the signaling role of the policy, and other forms of social control) rather than induced by organized crime itself. …

important and significant nonlinear peer effects. Students who enter a program with new peers who have a high crime propensity … education. However, students with a history of repeated offenses, who enter a program with new peers with a low crime propensity … schoolmates with prior charges. Yet, our study also shows that a new low-crime peer group in upper secondary education can have a …

This paper studies the effects of immigration on crime and crime perceptions in Chile, where the foreign … immigration on crime but positive and significant effects on crime-related concerns, which in turn triggered preventive behavioral … mechanisms, we examine data on crime-related news on TV and in newspapers, and find a disproportionate coverage of immigrant …

a reported crime during the beginning of the school year relative to the weeks before school begins. This sharp increase … and a seasonal adjustment to argue that school increases reported crime rates (and arrests) involving 10-17-year …-old offenders by 47% (41%) annually relative to a counterfactual where crime rates follow typical seasonal patterns. School …