It has been long recognized that cash plays a critical role in fueling street crime due to its liquidity and … circulation of cash on the streets associated with EBT implementation had an effect on crime. To address this question, we exploit … had a negative and significant effect on the overall crime rate as well as burglary, assault, and larceny. According to …

In this article we study the effects of permanent school closures on crime. We leverage the closure of over 300 schools … matched sample. We find that neighbourhoods affected by school closures experience a reduction in crime of about 9% of a … property crimes. We provide evidence on several mechanisms explaining the negative crime effect, such as changes in …

This paper develops a dynamic life-cycle equilibrium model of crime with hetero-geneous agents and human capital … accumulation. Agents decide at each point in time whether to commit crimes by comparing potential gains from crime to the expected … cost of punishment (determined from the probability of apprehension, the utility cost of incarceration, and reduced future …

We investigate the short-term impact of out-of-home care on child health, schooling and juvenile crime. Using an event … increasing crime rates before placement. After placement, we find a decrease in hospitalizations and an improvement in schooling …

-area crime rates decrease arrest rates among individuals. Our analysis exploits the fact that the effect of treatment group …-site interactions to instrument for measures of neighborhood crime rates, poverty and racial segregation in our analysis of individual …

enforcers means higher probability of detecting a crime, which is known as monitoring effect. On the other hand, criminals …