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likelihood of property and violent crime, arrest, gang membership, trouble with police, and punishment under the Uniform Code of …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 …
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lack of confidence in the police and fear they might be asked about their immigration status or that of relatives and … the cooperation of local law enforcement with federal immigration authorities, affect domestic homicide rates – a crime … laws in place. These findings are suggestive of the important role of policies that increase community trust in the police …
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public goods. To do so, we analyze policing and crime incidence under mayors directly elected by voters and under mayors … overall crime between 4.9% and 5.7%, depending on the specification. Our results further suggest that more accountable mayors … prefer fighting certain type of crimes more intensely, rather than increasing police efficiency overall. Lastly, our results …
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prepares people for violent warfare, are hypothesized to link service to violent crime. Using Australia's Vietnam … effect of army training on violent crime. Using various specifications, we find no evidence that military training causes … violent crime, and our point estimates are always negative. In our preferred specification (using only non-deployed cohorts …
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changes in troop levels on violent crime in El Paso County, where Fort Carson is located. Our results suggest that never … relationship between the number of previously deployed units and violent crime are generally small and statistically insignificant …. We conclude that soldiers returning from combat do not represent a special threat to public safety …
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service on crime. Using exact dates of birth for inmates in state and federal prisons in 1979, 1986, and 1991, we find robust … veteran status, these estimates imply that military service increases the probability of incarceration for a violent crime by …
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criminal activity for youth offenders who enter service at ages 19-22. For this group property crime is reduced for up to five …
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We analyze the impact on crime of 3.7 million refugees who entered and stayed in Turkey as a result of the civil war in … increase in the number of refugees leads to more crime. We estimate that the influx of refugees between 2012 and 2016 generated … crime. We also highlight the pitfalls of employing incorrect empirical procedures and using poor proxies of criminal …
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Incarceration is a crucial part of the scholarly analysis of crime, but what happens inside penal institutions largely …
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The United States federal mandatory minimums have been controversial not only because of the length of the mandatory sentences for even first-time offenders, but also because the eligibility quantities for crack are very small when compared to those for other drugs. This paper shows that the...
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