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Do Police Reduce Crime? A Reexamination Of A Natural Experiment, John J. Donohue
Do Police Reduce Crime? A Reexamination Of A Natural Experiment, John J. Donohue
John Donohue
We reexamine a natural experiment first studied by Di Tella and Schargrodsky (2004, “DS”). In response to a 1994 terrorist attack against a Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, the government implemented 24-hour police surveillance on city blocks with Jewish institutions. Using a control group of blocks without Jewish institutions, DS applied difference-in-differences, finding that increased policing substantially reduced car theft. We explain how the reallocation of police resources from unprotected to protected blocks, shifts in criminal activity to avoid 24-hour police patrols, and a parking prohibition on protected blocks undermine the original design. The intervention may have displaced, rather …
Book Review - When Brute Force Fails: How To Have Less Crime And Less Punishment, John J. Donohue
Book Review - When Brute Force Fails: How To Have Less Crime And Less Punishment, John J. Donohue
John Donohue
Two of the most dramatic social phenomena of the last half century in the United States are the substantial rise in crime that occurred during the 1960s and the equally dramatic drop in crime that began roughly contemporaneously with the advent of the Clinton Administration. The good news is that we have improved things from the violent and crime-filled days of the late 1980s and early 1990s; the bad news is that we have increased our prison population immensely in the effort. We may now be enjoying the return to the crime levels of the early 1960s, but we also …
Murder In Decline In The 1990s: Why The U.S. And N.Y.C. Were Not That Special," Book Review Of Frank Zimring's, John Donohue
Murder In Decline In The 1990s: Why The U.S. And N.Y.C. Were Not That Special," Book Review Of Frank Zimring's, John Donohue
John Donohue
No abstract provided.
Rethink The War On Drugs, John Donohue
Economic Models Of Crime And Punishment, John J. Donohue
Economic Models Of Crime And Punishment, John J. Donohue
John Donohue
No abstract provided.
Donohue Senate Testimony On Job Corps 1994, John J. Donohue
Donohue Senate Testimony On Job Corps 1994, John J. Donohue
John Donohue
Testimony of John J. Donohue III, Class of 1967 James B. Haddad Professor of Law, North-western University and Research Fellow, American Bar Foundation, before the Senate Labor Committee.
Some Perspectives On Crime And Criminal Justice Policy, John Donohue
Some Perspectives On Crime And Criminal Justice Policy, John Donohue
John Donohue
No abstract provided.