Leaders in juvenile crime
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UCU -
Universidad Católica del Uruguay [Montevideo, Uruguay]
2 Cornell University [New York]
3 PSE - Paris School of Economics
4 PJSE - Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
5 PUC-Rio - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro [Brasil] = Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro [Brazil] = Université catholique pontificale de Rio de Janeiro [Brésil]
6 CEPR - Center for Economic Policy Research
7 Monash university
2 Cornell University [New York]
3 PSE - Paris School of Economics
4 PJSE - Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
5 PUC-Rio - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro [Brasil] = Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro [Brazil] = Université catholique pontificale de Rio de Janeiro [Brésil]
6 CEPR - Center for Economic Policy Research
7 Monash university
Carlos Díaz
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Thierry Verdier
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Résumé
This paper presents a new theory of crime where leaders transmit a crime technology and act as a role model for other criminals. We show that, in equilibrium, an individual’s crime effort and criminal decisions depend on the geodesic distance to the leader in his or her network of social contacts. By using data on friendship networks among U.S. high-school students, we structurally estimate the model and find evidence supporting its predictions. In particular, by using a definition of a criminal leader that is exogenous to the network formation of friendship links, we find that the longer is the distance to the leader, the lower is the criminal activity of the delinquents and the less likely they are to become criminals. We finally perform a counterfactual experiment that reveals that a policy that removes all criminal leaders from a school can, on average, reduce criminal activity by about 20% and the individual probability of becoming a criminal by 10%.
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Leaders in juvenile crime
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Résumé |
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This paper presents a new theory of crime where leaders transmit a crime technology and act as a role model for other criminals. We show that, in equilibrium, an individual’s crime effort and criminal decisions depend on the geodesic distance to the leader in his or her network of social contacts. By using data on friendship networks among U.S. high-school students, we structurally estimate the model and find evidence supporting its predictions. In particular, by using a definition of a criminal leader that is exogenous to the network formation of friendship links, we find that the longer is the distance to the leader, the lower is the criminal activity of the delinquents and the less likely they are to become criminals. We finally perform a counterfactual experiment that reveals that a policy that removes all criminal leaders from a school can, on average, reduce criminal activity by about 20% and the individual probability of becoming a criminal by 10%.
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Auteur(s) |
Carlos Díaz
1
, Eleonora Patacchini
2
, Thierry Verdier
3, 4, 5, 6
, Yves Zenou
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UCU -
Universidad Católica del Uruguay [Montevideo, Uruguay]
( 355246 )
- Av. 8 de Octubre 2738, 11600 Montevideo, Departamento de Montevideo, Uruguay
- Uruguay
2
Cornell University [New York]
( 99874 )
- Ithaca, New York 14853
- États-Unis
3
PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
4
PJSE -
Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
( 578027 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
5
PUC-Rio -
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro [Brasil] = Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro [Brazil] = Université catholique pontificale de Rio de Janeiro [Brésil]
( 362752 )
- R. Marquês de São Vicente, 225 - Gávea, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22451-900, Brésil
- Brésil
6
CEPR -
Center for Economic Policy Research
( 143559 )
- Royaume-Uni
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Monash university
( 1081708 )
- Australie
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Public visé |
Scientifique
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2021-12
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Volume |
192
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Page/Identifiant |
638-667
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Mots-clés (JEL) |
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Domaine(s) |
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Mots-clés |
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Crime leaders, Social distance, Criminal decisions, Closeness centrality
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DOI | 10.1016/j.jebo.2021.10.034 |
UT key WOS | 000722853600002 |
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