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Journal of Law and Economics

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The August, 2007 issue of JLE is now available online. Two articles relate to criminal law: Is Crime Contagious? by Jens Ludwig and Jeffrey R. Kling and Heavy Alcohol Use and Crime: Evidence from Underage Drunk-Driving Laws by Christopher Carpenter. Abstracts after the jump. Is Crime Contagious? Jens Ludwig and Jeffrey R. Kling The Journal of Law and Economics August 2007, Vol. 50, No. 3: 491-518. Understanding whether criminal behavior is ?contagious? is important for law enforcement and for policies that affect how people are sorted across social settings. We test the hypothesis that criminal behavior is contagious by using data from the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) randomized housing mobility experiment to examine the extent to which lower local area crime rates decrease arrest rates among individuals...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on April 18, 2008 (boomark / email).