This article studies whether conformism behavior affects individual outcomes in crime. We
present a social network model of peer effects with ex ante heterogeneous agents and show …

We evaluate the impact on crime of a localized policing experiment that depenalized the
possession of small quantities of cannabis in the London borough of Lambeth. We find that …

We analyze delinquent networks of adolescents in the United States. We develop a dynamic
network formation model showing who the key player is, ie the criminal who once removed …

The rapid development of digital finance has changed all aspects of human life and has also
had a deep impact on the social governance system. This paper constructs an unbalanced …

Purpose-Aim of this paper is to examine factors that affect the total number of crimes
recorded by the police for EU 28 and Turkey in 2001-2010, which is not used previously in …

We develop a model of crime in which the number of police, the crime rate, the arrest rate,
the employment rate, and the wage rate are joint outcomes of a subgame perfect Nash …

This paper analyzes the relationship between crime and agglomeration where the land,
labor, product, and crime markets are endogenously determined. Our main theoretical …

Researchers have often neglected the role of hopelessness in violent behavior during
adolescence. Moreover, little research has examined this relationship over time. Using data …

In many situations people behave ethically, while elsewhere dishonesty reigns. Studies of
the determinants of unethical behavior often use random assignment of participants in …

This paper analyzes the implications of potential offenders caring about their relative status.
We establish that subjects' status concerns can result in multiple-equilibrium crime rates and …