In economic models of crime, changing economic incentives alter the participation of
individuals in criminal activities. We critically appraise the work in this area. After a brief …

Many empirical studies have examined the various determinants of crime. However, the link
between crime and air pollution has been largely overlooked. In this paper we study whether …

What explains prison recidivism? Relying on previously unavailable data on prison inmates
in Uruguay, we study how external factors, such as employment dynamics on labor-intensive …

Objectives Determine if there is a meaningful relationship between variation in price and
theft rates of the same type of good over time. Methods Studies were identified by …

US states increasingly require identification to vote—an ostensible attempt to deter fraud that
prompts complaints of selective disenfranchisement. Using a difference-in-differences …

The UK Welfare Reform Act 2012 imposed a series of deep welfare cuts, which
disproportionately affected ex-ante poorer areas. In this paper, we provide the first evidence …

This study adopts an integrative approach, combining quantitative and quantitative analysis
based on Court judgements to uncover trends, dynamics and projections in the illegal drug …

Crime and violence generate many distortions in the allocation of private and public
resources and engender economic and social costs that hinder development. In Latin …

It is widely recognised that burglary and theft offence trends have broadly moved in parallel
in 'Western'market-based countries since the 1950s. Most researchers have focussed on the …

There is little research on the gender variation in the crime market. We document a gender
gap in criminal activities, based on property crimes, using data from the US National Incident …