Several high-profile news stories have linked post-September 11 (9/11) combat service to violent crime among veterans … of modern warfare on crime. Using data from two national surveys and a unified framework, we find consistent evidence … that post-9/11 combat service substantially increased the probability of crime commission among veterans. Combat increases …

explores the impact of state E-Verify laws on crime. Using agency-by-month data from the 2004 to 2015 National Incident Based …-skilled natives of Hispanic descent, and outmigration of younger Hispanics are important channels. We find no evidence that crime was … displaced to nearby U.S. jurisdictions without E-Verify or that violent crime was impacted by E-Verify mandates. Moreover …

order” in its Criminal Finances Act 2017. On 7-8 November 2017, London hosted the Fifth OECD Forum on Tax and Crime. Against … crime, this working paper researches the role that tax laws and tax authorities play in either helping or hindering …

The empirical literature testing the economic theory of crime has extensively studied the relative importance of the …

The empirical literature testing the economic theory of crime has extensively studied the relative importance of the …

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 …

Two countries set their enforcement non-cooperatively to deter native and foreign individuals from committing crime in … their territory. Crime is mobile, ex ante (migration) and ex post (fleeing), and criminals hiding abroad after having com …- mitted a crime in a country must be extradited back. When extradition is not too costly, countries overinvest in enforcement …

policies that would legalize marijuana recreational markets frequently argue that such laws will eliminate crime associated … with the black markets, which many argue is the only link between marijuana use and crime. Law enforcement, however, has … distribution), create crime in neighborhoods with these store-fronts. This study offers new insight into the question by exploiting …