Police and thieves in the stadium: measuring the (multiple) effects of football matches on crime

Marie, Olivier (2016) Police and thieves in the stadium: measuring the (multiple) effects of football matches on crime. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society, 179 (1). pp. 273-292. ISSN 0964-1998

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Abstract

Large sporting events affect criminal behaviour via three channels: fan concentration, self-incapacitation and police displacement. I exploit information on football matches for London teams linked to detailed recorded crime data at the area level to estimate these effects empirically. I find that only property crime increases in the communities hosting matches but not violent offences. There is a negative away game attendance effect on crime which is due to voluntary incapacitation of potential offenders attending a match. Police displacement during home games increases property crime by 7 percentage points for every extra 10000 supporters in areas that are left underprotected

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(IS...
Additional Information:	© 2015 Royal Statistical Society
Divisions:	Centre for Economic Performance
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited:	17 Feb 2016 11:45
Last Modified:	27 Oct 2025 00:36
Projects:	451.12.005
Funders:	Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/65386

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