Browsing by Subject "Crime"
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(2018-07-24)This dissertation encompasses three different topics in applied microeconomics with the common thread of understanding the impact of public policy on economic behavior, choice, and welfare. By employing causal inference ...
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"Arming the Good Guys?": An Examination of Racial Framing in Students for Concealed Carry on Campus (2014-07-25)Over the last several decades, issues relating to gun rights have received growing attention from the academic community. Much of this research focuses on the importance of masculinity and violence and shaping modern gun ...
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(2018-05-05)This dissertation covers the topics of substance abuse, crime, health insurance, and child maltreatment. Demand-side approaches should be strongly considered when attempting to combat America’s illegal drug problems. ...
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In this thesis, I will answer the question on whether one can forgive while punishing her wrongdoer. I will create an account of forgiveness and punishment which I find to be the most accurate in order to determine whether ...
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(2014-05-03)Criminology and media scholars over the last two decades convincingly argue that crime is one of the major social problems of this era. Racialized constructions of safety and space, however, continue to be the dominant ...
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(2019-07-11)In 2013, the administration of President Enrique Peña Nieto launched the National Crime and Violence Prevention fund (PRONAPRED). From 2013 to 2016, Mexico designated around $771,145,021 dollars for crime prevention programs; ...
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The Long Run Effects of De Jure Discrimination in the Credit Market: How Redlining Increased Crime (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-10-10)Today in the United States, the welfare costs of crime are disproportionately borne by individuals living in predominately Black or Hispanic neighborhoods. Is there a historical cause behind these inequalities in crime? ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1980)Not available
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-10-10)Although it is well known that childhood peers affect future outcomes, little is known about the effects of different neighborhood factors. In working paper 1909, PERC’s Rex Grey Professor Mark Hoekstra and coauthor ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1976)The major objective of this research was the development and analysis of an integrated causal model for predicting crime rates, prison admissions, and prison releases at the macro (state) level of analysis. These dependent ...
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(2011-02-22)Scholarship shows that the social construction of crime is responsible for the public’s demand for tougher criminal justice policies. Yet, there remains disagreement over several key issues regarding the relationship ...
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(2022-07-26)This dissertation introduces three essays on the effects of various public policies on labor, education, earnings, and crime outcomes using quasi-experimental research designs. In the first essay, “Legal Access to ...