We examine the relationship between neighborhood poverty rates and juvenile criminal behavior using data from a unique randomized housing-mobility experiment. We find that providing families with the opportunity to move from high- to low-poverty neighborhoods has substantial effects on the...

One of the most striking features of crime in America is its disproportionate concentration in disadvantaged, racially segregated communities, which has long raised concern that segregation itself may contribute to criminal behavior. Yet little is known about whether government efforts to reduce...

This paper presents the first attempt to estimate the benefits of reducing crime using the contingent-valuation (CV) method. We focus on gun violence, a crime of growing policy concern in America. Our data come from a national survey in which we ask respondents referendum-type questions that...