programs cite crime and violence as primary motivations for wanting to make a residential move. Using a novel approach, we … pertinent to voucher programs, neighborhood crime and residential decision making were gleaned from 20 studies published between …

This study investigates the long-term relationship between slavery and violent crime in the USA. Although qualitative …-level data, we find that the percentage of slaves in the population in 1860 is linked with violent crime in 2000. This result is … specific to violent crime, robust to instrumenting for slavery and varying the approach to missing crime data, and not driven …

focuses on civil conflict and civil wars and less is known about how resource booms affect other forms of violence and crime …