Porn and Rape: The Debate Continues
…hypotheses, like do crimes other than rape fall with the internet (he says no) and does other sexual behavior change with the internet (he says yes). The concern is always,…
It’s the banking tool that got millions of people around the world to stop wasting money on the lottery. So why won’t state and federal officials in the U.S. give…
…hypotheses, like do crimes other than rape fall with the internet (he says no) and does other sexual behavior change with the internet (he says yes). The concern is always,…
A new proposal from the Biden administration calls for a nationwide cap on rent increases. Economists think that’s a terrible idea. We revisit a 2019 episode to hear why….
…also in the mix, far more laptops will be protected by anti-theft tracking tools that could lead police right to a thief’s door. What would crime look like if every…
…officers worry the move will lead to a significant increase in crime.? “It’s open field day now,” said Reverend Joseph Tracy of Straightway Baptist Church. “The criminals are going to…
Arnold Schwarzenegger has been a bodybuilder, an actor, a governor, and, now, an author. He tells Steve how he’s managed to succeed in so many fields — and what to…
Is it as simple as going to the richest neighborhood you can find? Of course not …
…equal protection under the law when we’ve been victims of crime and repeatedly being re-stigmatized by media’s dominate, distorted narrative of us. Workers in Australia have told me that they…
…“Gender and the iPhone: Do Women Browse Better?” 4. “The iPhone Crime Effect: How a Joint Phone/iPod/Web Browser Contributed to the National Drop in Violent Crime” 5. “The iPhone Gap:…
Sarah Hart investigates the mathematical structures underlying musical compositions and literature. Using examples from Monteverdi to Lewis Carroll, Sarah explains to Steve how math affects how we hear music and…
…deter crime but will also improve police–community relations. Deterrence theorists argue that general and specific deterrence can be achieved through such policing strategies. Labeling proponents, however, maintain that juveniles stopped…
Photo: RobBixbyPhotography A new study by Brian Knight, an economist at Brown, explores the flow of illegal firearms in America and compares the source of guns used in crimes to…
Tokyo’s police force has developed a new method of fighting crime in the city’s Kitashikahama Park, popular with teenagers late at night. A machine emits a high-pitched frequency, which most…
Several years ago, Steve Levitt and Ian Ayres wrote a paper about Lojack, the silent anti-auto-theft device. They found that crime theft falls overall in areas where even a small…
…Tekin, which showed that robbers are unusually ugly. That finding makes sense—ugliness might intimidate victims and make the crime easier to commit. So too perhaps for police ugliness intimidating crooks;…
Heeding the warnings of public health officer Charity Dean about Covid-19 could have saved lives. Charity explains why she loves infectious diseases and why she moved to the private sector….
…lesser physical capacity for heavy work, lesser productivity due to lower cognitive ability, or because they faced discrimination, the relative opportunity costs of crime would be lower which would increase…
Unlike certain elected officials in Washington, mayors all over the country actually get stuff done. So maybe we should ask them to do more?
Who is likelier to get to the fugitive first? When a fugitive is on the run, it’s not only the police he has to worry about. A bounty hunter could…
[omny:https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/aaea4e69-af51-495e-afc9-a9760146922b/14a43378-edb2-49be-8511-ab0d000a7030/3ab69f32-2c60-4ff2-8d12-ab0d001c838e/audio.mp3] Our latest Freakonomics Radio segment on Marketplace concerns a topic we’ve been writing about for a long time: violent crime — and especially why it rises and falls. In…
“Womenomics” on the rise. Want crime stats, school rankings, and home listings in L.A.? Look no further. Government to increase use of pilotless planes. (Earlier) Are there factual errors in…
Does Las Vegas increase your risk of suicide? A researcher embeds himself in the city where Americans are most likely to kill themselves.
What’s it like to try and police millions of pieces of abusive content every day? Sudhir takes us inside Facebook, as he and his former colleagues recall how hard it…
Millions and millions are out of work, with some jobs never coming back. We speak with four economists — and one former presidential candidate — about the best policy options…
CNBC delves into the Bernie Madoff story tonight at 9 p.m. E.S.T. For those intrigued by white-collar crime, this should be quite an interesting show. I’m still struggling to understand…
… the jacket of a new book from Princeton University Press called Mafias on the Move: How Organized Crime Conquers New Territories, by Federico Varese: In a series of matched…
John Ray is an emergency C.E.O., a bankruptcy expert who takes over companies that have succumbed to failure or fraud. He’s currently cleaning up the mess left by alleged crypto…
…Because she never took vacations. This turned out to be a key component in her crime. As the story goes — this was told to me by a retired Sioux…
…with insufficient funds to Caesars Palace, Planet Hollywood, and Red Rock Resort. Writing a check that you never intend to pay is a crime — and appropriately so. But it…
…left inside to steal. It also presents a question for the criminologists in the audience: when burglars can no longer burgle, do they turn to other kinds of crime? [%comments]…
