When does organized crime resort to assassinating politicians? In narcocracies, criminal groups co-opt political elites … has already been killed, the arrest of a member of organized crime significantly increases the chance that an incumbent …

Most studies examining the impact of migrants on crime rates in hosting populations are in the context of economic … migrants in developed countries. However, we know much less about the crime impact of refugees in low- and middle … access to formal employment, and face partial mobility restrictions, we find that total crime per person (including natives …

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 …

, widespread crime has the potential to weaken trust between citizens and institutions, undermine government reform efforts, and …Crime has tangible economic costs. It also has less understood and likely sizable intangible costs. In particular … become an obstacle to development. Yet, the impact of crime on trust remains relatively unexplored in the literature. This …

more likely to accept using violence for achieving political goals, consistent with the economic model of crime. We also …

more likely to accept using violence for achieving political goals, consistent with the economic model of crime. We also …

We investigate the long-term relationship between conflict-related migration and individual socioeconomic inequality …

We investigate the long-term relationship between conflict-related migration and individual socioeconomic inequality …

We analyze property crime in an endowment economy composed of a large number of heterogeneous individuals who need to … protect themselves, choose whether to participate in crime or not, and decide on how to allocate their predation efforts … across victims. The equilibrium posits perfect foresight by all and the crime payoff clears the market between victims …

This paper evaluates the effect on crime of creating a fundamental modern-day institution: centralized professional … police forces tasked with preventing crime. We study the 1829 formation of the London Metropolitan Police - the first … professional force worldwide. Using newly digitized and geocoded crime and police data together with difference-indifferences and …