The relevance of criminology to matters of public policy has been hotly debated throughout
the history of the discipline. Yet time and again, we have borne witness to the consequences …

Anecdotal evidence indicates that people believe that morality is declining,. In a series of
studies using both archival and original data (n= 12,492,983), we show that people in at …

This paper studies the effects of immigration on crime and crime perceptions in Chile, where
the foreign-born population tripled in less than ten years. We document null effects of …

Abstract Research Summary This paper presents novel survey and experimental evidence
that reveals the mass public's interpretation of movements to reform, defund, and abolish the …

La pandemia de 2020 conmocionó a un mundo ya sacudido por la desconfianza y la
polarización social. Se perdieron vidas y empleos a pesar de los enormes esfuerzos de los …

Crime levels are a perennial development problem in Latin America and a renewed concern
in the United States. At the same time, trust in the police has been falling, and questions …

Does media content influence local institutions? We study this question by looking at how a
negative shock to local crime-related news, induced by the acquisition of local TV stations by …

Citizens are, on average, too pessimistic when assessing the trajectory of current crime
trends. In this study, we examine whether we can correct this perceptual bias with respect to …

This study examines ethnic disparities in the rates of criminal charges, in-out decisions, and
sentence length, for persons originating from middle eastern countries, Pakistan, and Turkey …

A large rise in migration in certain areas of the world since 2010 has triggered frequent
unsubstantiated claims in politics, the media, and everyday life of a causal connection …