Bell, Brian, Jaitman, Laura and Machin, Stephen 
ORCID: 0009-0004-8130-2701
(2014)
Crime deterrence: evidence from the London 2011 riots.
The Economic Journal, 124 (576).
pp. 480-506.
ISSN 0013-0133
Abstract
Significant riots occurred in London in August 2011. The riots took place in highly localised geographical areas, with crime going up hugely in the affected sub-wards. The criminal justice response was to make sentencing for rioters much more severe. We show a significant drop in riot crimes across London in the six months after the riots, consistent with a deterrence effect from the tougher sentencing. More evidence of general deterrence comes from the observation that crime also fell in the post-riot aftermath in areas where rioting did not take place. © 2014 Royal Economic Society.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(IS... |
| Additional Information: | © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Jun 2014 16:28 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 00:39 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/57047 |
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