offenders. The overlap between offenders and victims is not well understood in criminology, and in the economics of crime the …

between unemployment and crime also depends on preexisting local crime levels. In order to analyze conjectured nonlinearities … quantile regressions confirm the positive link between unemployment and crime for property crimes, results for assault differ … importance of the relationship are conditional on the crime rate: The partial effect is significantly positive for moderately low …

aggregation. Our empirical results with respect to the causes of crime clearly reveal the crime reducing potential of family … cohesion and the link between crime and the labour market. Furthermore, we find that higher wealth is associated with higher … rates of property crime and of drug-related offences. Drug offences themselves turn out to be robust factors of property …

aggregation. Our empirical results with respect to the causes of crime clearly reveal the crime reducing potential of family … cohesion and the link between crime and the labour market. Furthermore, we find that higher wealth is associated with higher … rates of property crime and of drug-related offences. Drug offences themselves turn out to be robust factors of property …

currently discussed factors of crime like demographic changes, youth-unemployment and income inequality. We use a panel of the … deterrence hypothesis for crime against property. Only weak support can be observed for crime against the person. Economic and …

The rising trends both in drug addiction and crime rates are of major public concern in Germany. Surprisingly, the … economic theory of crime seems to ignore the drugs-crime nexus, whereas the criminological literature considers illicit drug … use a main reason of criminal activities. This paper provides an econometric assessment of the drugs-crime channel within …

In this article, we examine anti-foreigner hate crime in the wake of the large influx of asylum seekers to Germany in … effect of an unexpected and sudden change in the share of the foreign-born population on anti-foreigner hate crime. Our … county-level analysis shows that not simply the size of regional asylum seeker infl ows drives the increase in hate crime …

In this article, we examine anti-foreigner hate crime in the wake of the large influx of asylum seekers to Germany in … effect of an unexpected and sudden change in the share of the foreign-born population on anti-foreigner hate crime. Our … county-level analysis shows that not simply the size of regional asylum seeker inflows drives the increase in hate crime, but …