Evaluating Crime Attributable to Casinos in the U.S.: A Closer Look at Grinols and Mustard's “Casinos, Crime, and Community Costs”

Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Walker, Douglas M.
Published in:	Journal of Gambling Business and Economics. - University of Buckingham Press, ISSN 1751-7990. - Vol. 2.2008, 3, p. 23-51
Publisher:	University of Buckingham Press
Subject:	This paper examines problems in studying the relationship between casinos and crime \| with a focus on a recently published \| influential study (Grinols and Mustard 2006) which concluded that casinos cause a significant amount of county-level crime in the U.S. Five key issues are examined. First \| the most serious problem with their analysis is that it uses a crime rate that excludes the visiting population at risk \| thereby overstating the crime rate in casino counties. Second \| the crime data used are potentially inaccurate. Third \| the results may suffer from a bias caused by counties self-selecting into the “casino county” category. Fourth \| the dummy variables used to account for casinos do not allow the authors to isolate the crime effect caused by casinos. Finally \| the authors make conclusions that are not supported by their data \| analysis \| and results. An examination of these issues is important because it will shed additional light on the debate over the effects of casinos \| and provides valuable information for subsequent researchers who study the casino-crime relationship

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	L83 - Sports; Gambling; Recreation; Tourism
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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