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Using data on 100 years of 19th century criminal trials at London's Old Bailey, this paper offers clear evidence of disparate treatment of Irish-named defendants and victims by English juries. We measure surname Irishness and Englishness using place of birth in the 1881 census. Irish-named...
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Using data on 100 years of 19th century criminal trials at London's Old Bailey, this paper offers clear evidence of disparate treatment of Irish-named defendants and victims by English juries. We measure surname Irishness and Englishness using place of birth in the 1881 census. Irish-named...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014252023
late 1990s. This paper studies its impact on crime, showing that RTB generated significant reductions in property and … violent crime that persist up to today. The behavioural changes of incumbent tenants and the renovation of public properties … were the main drivers of the crime reduction. This is evidence of a novel means by which subsidised homeownership and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012422764
Using data on 100 years of 19th century criminal trials at London's Old Bailey, this paper offers clear evidence of disparate treatment of Irish-named defendants and victims by English juries. We measure surname Irishness and Englishness using place of birth in the 1881 census. Irish-named...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296815
Using data on 100 years of 19th century criminal trials at London's Old Bailey, this paper offers clear evidence of disparate treatment of Irish-named defendants and victims by English juries. We measure surname Irishness and Englishness using place of birth in the 1881 census. Irish-named...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014374569
late 1990s. This paper studies its impact on crime, showing that RTB generated significant reductions in property and … violent crime that persist up to today. The behavioural changes of incumbent tenants and the renovation of public properties … were the main drivers of the crime reduction. This is evidence of a novel means by which subsidised homeownership and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012395204
In economic models of crime individuals respond to changes in the potential value of criminal opportunities. We analyse … this issue by estimating crime-price elasticities from detailed data on criminal incidents in London between 2002 and 2012 … burglary incidents. We first consider a panel of consumer goods covering the majority of market goods stolen in the crime …
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to lead a life of crime than those graduating into a buoyant labour market. These effects are long lasting and …
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