Crime and arrests: deterrence or resource reallocation?

Thomas Garrett and Lesli Ott ()

Applied Economics Letters, 2011, vol. 18, issue 12, 1171-1175

Abstract: We use monthly time-series data for 20 large US cities to test the deterrence hypothesis (arrests reduce crimes) and the resource reallocation hypothesis (arrests follow from an increase in crime). We find (1) weak support for the deterrence hypothesis, (2) much stronger support for the resource reallocation hypothesis and (3) differences in city-level estimates suggest much heterogeneity in the crime and arrest relationship across regions.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2010.528354

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