Crime and arrests: deterrence or resource reallocation?

We use monthly time-series data for 20 large U.S. cities to test the deterrence hypothesis (arrests reduce crimes) and the resource reallocation hypothesis (arrests follow from an increase in crime). We find (1) weak support for the deterrence hypothesis, (2) much stronger support for the resource reallocation hypothesis, and (3) differences in city-level estimates suggest much heterogeneity in the crime and arrest relationship across regions.

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Year of publication:	2010
Authors:	Garrett, Thomas A. ; Ott, Lesli S.
Institutions:	Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Subject:	Crime \| Cities and towns

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 2010-011
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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