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The UK's 'riddle of peacefulness': what explains falling crime?

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  • Mirko Draca

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There has been a substantial fall in rates of property theft and violent crime in the UK. The author surveys a series of CEP studies that shed light on this transformation - what BBC home editor Mark Easton has labelled the country's 'riddle of peacefulness'.

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  • Mirko Draca, 2013. "The UK's 'riddle of peacefulness': what explains falling crime?," CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance 392, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
    • Handle: RePEc:cep:cepcnp:392
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    1. Mastrorocco, Nicola & Minale, Luigi, 2018. "News media and crime perceptions: Evidence from a natural experiment," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 165(C), pages 230-255.

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