double dividend in that it reduces both minor offenses and more severe crime. We develop a model of criminal subcultures in … attractive for some people who would otherwise commit more severe crime. If social status is sufficiently important in criminal … subcultures, zero-tolerance reduces crime across the board. -- status concerns ; street crime ; subcultures ; penalties ; zero …

impact of in-utero exposure to local violence - measured by homicide rates - on birth outcomes. The estimates show that … exposure to violence during the first trimester of pregnancy leads to a small but precisely estimated increase in the risk of …, where violence is endemic and are particularly pronounced among children of poorly educated mothers, implying that violence …

impact of in-utero exposure to local violence – measured by homicide rates - on birth outcomes. The estimates show that … exposure to violence during the first trimester of pregnancy leads to a small but precisely estimated increase in the risk of …, where violence is endemic and are particularly pronounced among children of poorly educated mothers, implying that violence …

This study considers the effects of the kingpin strategy, an approach to fighting organized crime in which law …-enforcement efforts focus on capturing the leaders of the criminal organization, on community violence in the context of Mexico's drug war … that are accompanied by escalations in violence. …

double dividend in that it reduces both minor offenses and more severe crime. We develop a model of criminal subcultures in … attractive for some people who would otherwise commit more severe crime. If social status is sufficiently important in criminal … subcultures, zero-tolerance reduces crime across the board …

. The paper begins with a discussion of causal mechanisms linking economic conditions to crime and violence, both overall … and for youths. We investigate the effect of short-term fluctuations in economic activity on crime and violence (and on …The paper analyzes the causal effects of the business cycle on crime. Among the main conclusions are that robbery and …

I examine the relationship between organized crime, violence and the quality of the political class in Italy. I show … regions. Greater violence before the elections is in turn associated with a lower quality of the political class, as reflected …

and some other social characteristics differ significantly among offenders convicted of intimate partner violence, child …-parent abuse, or non-domestic violence. Offenders sentenced for child-parent violence have a higher probability to be incarcerated … intimate partner violence compared to non-domestic violent offenders. Moreover, partner abusers receive even shorter sentences …

Empirical evidence reveals that unemployment tends to increase property crime but that it has no effect on violent … crime. To explain these facts, we examine a model of criminal gangs and suggest that there is a substitution effect between … property crime and violent crime at work. In the model, non-monetary valuation of gang membership is private knowledge. Thus …

Guns and Violence tells a remarkable story of a society's self-destruction, of how a government in a few decades … managed to reverse six hundred years of social progress in violence reduction. The book is also a testament to the amazing …