the resource reallocation hypothesis (arrests follow from an increase in crime). We find (1) weak support for the …-level estimates suggest much heterogeneity in the crime and arrest relationship across regions …

beyond those immediately exposed to the incidents. In this paper, I examine the crime consequences of mass shootings. I … property crime rate by about 4%. …

In this paper we examine the empirical relationship between immigration and crime across Italian provinces during the … correlated with the incidence of property crimes and with the overall crime rate. We then use instrumental variables based on … types of crime. Since robberies represent a very small fraction of all criminal offences, the effect on the overall crime …

This paper analyzes private precautions against crime when the value of the property to be protected is private … information. Within a framework in which potential criminals can choose between various crime opportunities, we establish that …

punishment to former inmates recommitting a crime can be considered as good as randomly assigned. Based on a unique data set on … recommit a crime by 1.24 percent: this corroborates the general deterrence hypothesis. However, this effect depends on the time …

Crime and violence generate many distortions in the allocation of private and public resources and engender economic …, the costs of crime represent at least 3.5% of the regional gross domestic product, twice as much as in developed countries …. Despite the magnitude of the security problem, the region is lagging in the production of rigorous research on crime and the …

Does the administrative organization of police affect crime? In answering this question, we focus on the reorganization … crime. We do this by exploiting a quasiexperiment where a reform substantially reduced the number of police stations … effects arise from incapacitation, crime displacement, or changes in employment of local police forces. Our results suggest …

This paper studies the effect of ambient light on crime, taking advantage of the daylight saving time (DST) policy … database managed by Chile's national police, a centralized agency that collects detailed information regarding each crime … found. Most of the changes in property crime due to the DST policy are driven by robbery in residential areas. …