Browsing by Subject "crime"

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    • Corrupt Police 
      Serra, Danila; Abbink, Klaus; Ryvkin, Dmitry (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2020-08-21)
      PERC Professor Danila Serra, along with Klaus Abbink and Dmitry Ryvkin employ laboratory experiments to examine the effects of corrupt law enforcement on crime within a society. The authors embed corruption in a social ...
    • Criminal Deterrence: Some Initial Experimental Results 
      Scott, Jason S. (1989)
      A universal problem that exists in society is finding an optimal punishment that will deter individuals from a certain unwanted behavior. Sociologists, psychologists, economists and even businessmen have grappled with the ...
    • Essays on the Economics of Crime 
      Temple, Chelsea Evan (2022-05-04)
      In this work, I present three essays on the economics of crime. The first paper (joint with Jennifer Doleac, David Pritchard, and Adam Roberts) replicates and extends the analyses of data from three randomized controlled ...
    • Home and Farm Security Machinery and Equipment Identification. 
      Nelson, Gary S. (Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1982)
    • The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Public Policy 
      Koppa, Vijetha (2016-06-13)
      The government implements various programs and policies with the intention of increasing social welfare. While it is important to evaluate the effects of these initiatives, conducting experiments to determine the implications ...
    • Misdemeanor Prosecution 
      Doleac, Jennifer L.; Agan, Amanda; Harvey, Anna (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2021-04-12)
      Communities across the United States are reconsidering the public safety benefits of prosecuting nonviolent misdemeanor offenses. So far there has been little empirical evidence to inform policy in this area. In this paper, ...
    • Misdemeanor Prosecution 
      Doleac, Jennifer L.; Agan, Amanda; Harvey, Anna (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2021-05-14)
      Misdemeanor crimes make up 80 percent of all crimes in the criminal justice system. Meanwhile, communities across the United States are beginning to reconsider the public safety benefits of prosecuting these low-level ...
    • The Residential Segregation of Latino Immigrants in the U.S.: Exposure to Crime and the Effects of Place of Destination 
      Romero, Fabian (2014-09-03)
      Even though spuriously, there is plenty of evidence that links race and ethnicity with street crime at the individual and aggregate levels. Typically, higher levels of disadvantage are linked to higher crime levels. However, ...
    • Schools, Neighborhoods, and the Long-Run Effect of Crime-Prone Peers 
      Billings, Stephen B.; Hoekstra, Mark (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-08-20)
      There is a large and growing literature on how childhood peers shape outcomes. However, within this literature little is known about the effects of the different neighborhood factors, such as the relative importance of ...
    • Three Essays on Applied Microeconomics 
      Padilla Romo, Maria Del Socorro (2017-05-05)
      This dissertation introduces three essays on the effects of different public policies on crime, education, and labor outcomes using quasi-experimental research designs. These policies include targeting high-ranked members ...
    • Three Essays on the Economics of Crime 
      Carr, Jillian Beaugez (2015-04-24)
      Potential criminals make decisions about whether and how to commit crimes based on a variety of factors such as personal and environmental considerations including crime prevention policies. Disentangling the effects of ...
    • Why So Tough? Understanding the Politics Behind Aggressive Crime-Fighting Policies 
      Junqueira Machado, Andrea (2022-08-03)
      In democracies, how can coercive security policies that violate the rights of many be so pervasive, even when those most affected by their negative consequences are a large share of the electorate? I argue that the explanation ...