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 …

these dynamics. Relying on a game-theoretic approach, we show how inequality and corruption are interconnected via a crime …Empirical evidence on the causes and effects of inequality suggests the existence of a vicious circle of mutually … reinforcing inequality and corruption. Despite the broad empirical evidence, there are only a few formal theoretical models on …

mineral wealth on local crime levels in South Africa --- leveraging detailed crime data from 1,084 police precincts over 10 … cost of engaging in criminal activity. Consistent with this we also document that results are driven by property crime and … mineral prices can cause surges in crime. To investigate how resilience against such surges can be achieved, we exploit the …

drug gangs on crime. By combining a proxy variable with a simple structural model, we correct the bias resulting from the … increase in unobserved crime reporting. We find that the program decreased the murder and the robbery rates by 7% and 34 …% respectively. However, the assault and the threat rates increased by 51% and 60% respectively. Absolute and marginal crime …

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

profits fuel violence. Killing kingpins makes crime bosses short-sighted, also fueling conflict. Only by targeting the most …

so that in equilibrium more police induces more crime. This perverse effect could arise even if the level of police …