We use a unique data set on post-release behavior of former Italian inmates to estimate the effect of prison conditions … on recidivism. By combining different sources of data we exploit variation in prison conditions measured by: 1) the … extent of overcrowding at the prison level, 2) the number of deaths in the facility of detention during an inmate's stay and …

For nearly 50 years academics have been studying how labor markets affect crime. The initial interesting and important … theoretical and empirical work generated substantial interest in studying crime among economists, in particular, and scholars in … markets reduce crime seems obvious and is widely accepted by many policy makers and academics, empirical results fail to show …

these laws may have for public safety, there has been little empirical investigation of their impact on crime and …

In this paper, we present evidence on empirical connections between crime and education, using various data sources …, it is essential to ensure that the direction of causation flows from education to crime. Therefore, we identify the … account for the endogeneity of education. In this causal approach, for property crimes, the negative crime …

recidivism probability five years after the release and prospective date of release. Overall, the Bastille Day quasi experiment …

double dividend in that it reduces both minor offenses and more severe crime. We develop a model of criminal subcultures in … attractive for some people who would otherwise commit more severe crime. If social status is sufficiently important in criminal … subcultures, zero-tolerance reduces crime across the board. …

We conduct an artefactual field experiment using a diversified sample of passengers of public transportations to study … attitudes towards dishonesty. We find that the diversity of behavior in terms of dis/honesty in laboratory tasks and in the … fare-dodgers, except when context is introduced. Overall, we show that simple tests of dishonesty in the lab can predict …

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 …

A stylized fact in criminology holds that those who commit crimes are more likely to be victims of crime, and vice … and 2) simultaneous incidents where individuals are both offenders and victims (e.g., mutually combative assaults). …