Crime and Mental Wellbeing

Francesca Cornaglia, Naomi Feldman and Andrew Leigh

No 8014, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We provide empirical evidence of crime's impact on the mental wellbeing of both victims and non-victims. We differentiate between the direct impact to victims and the indirect impact to society due to the fear of crime. The results show a decrease in mental wellbeing after violent crime victimization and that the violent crime rate has a negative impact on mental wellbeing of non-victims. Property crime victimization and property crime rates show no such comparable impact. Finally, we estimate that society-wide compensation due to increasing the crime rate by one victim is about 80 times more than the direct impact on the victim.

Keywords: neighbourhood effects; mental wellbeing; crime; non-victims (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I31 R28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 54 pages
Date: 2014-03
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Published - published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2014, 49 (1), 110-140

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Journal Article: Crime and Mental Well-Being (2014)
Working Paper: Crime and mental wellbeing (2012)
Working Paper: Crime and Mental Wellbeing (2011)
Working Paper: Crime and mental wellbeing (2011)
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