Do Police Reduce Crime? Estimates Using the Allocation of Police Forces After a Terrorist Attack
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5782079 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rafael Di Tella (Harvard Business School, Boston, MA 02163.), Ernesto Schargrodsky (0000-0002-4902-5044, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Miñones 2177, (C1428ATG) Buenos Aires, Argentina.) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 94 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 115-133 |
| Publication date | 2004-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Economic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-8282 • E-ISSN: 1944-7981 |
| Publisher | American Economic Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1257/000282804322970733 |
| OpenAlex | W2104814418 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 169 |
| References cited | 25 |
An important challenge in the crime literature is to isolate causal effects of police on crime. Following a terrorist attack on the main Jewish center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July 1994, all Jewish institutions received police protection. Thus, this hideous event induced a geographical allocation of police forces that can be presumed exogenous in a crime regression. Using data on the location of car thefts before and after the attack, we find a large deterrent effect of observable police on crime. The effect is local, with no appreciable impact outside the narrow area in which the police are deployed
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