JEL classification

Journal of Economic Literature Classification (10696)

K - Law and Economics (302)

K4 - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior (124)

K42 - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law (73)

Number of items at this level: 73.

Centre for Economic Performance

Beatton, Tony, Kidd, Michael P., Machin, Stephen, Sarkar, Dipa (2016). Larrikin youth: new evidence on crime and schooling. (CEP discussion paper CEPDP1456). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Beatton, Tony, Kidd, Michael P., Sandi, Matteo (2020). School indiscipline and crime. (CEP Discussion Papers 1727). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Beatton, Tony, Kidd, Michael P., Machin, Stephen (2018). Gender crime convergence over twenty years: evidence from Australia. European Economic Review, 109, 275-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2018.01.001

Beatton, Tony, Kidd, Michael P., Machin, Stephen, Sarkar, Dipanwita (2018). Larrikin youth: crime and Queensland's earning or learning reform. Labour Economics, 52, 149-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2017.11.003

Bell, Brian, Bindler, Anna, Machin, Stephen (2014). Crime scars: recessions and the making of career criminals. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1284). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Bell, Brian, Costa, Rui, Machin, Stephen (2015). Crime, compulsory schooling laws and education. (CEP Discussion Paper 1374). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Bell, Brian, Costa, Rui, Machin, Stephen (2018). Why does education reduce crime? (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1566). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Bell, Brian, Machin, Stephen, Fasani, Francesco (2010). Crime and immigration: evidence from large immigrant waves. (CEP Discussion Paper 984). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Bell, Brian, Costa, Rui, Machin, Stephen (2016). Crime, compulsory schooling laws and education. Economics of Education Review, 54, 214-226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2015.09.007

Bhaskar, V., Linacre, Robin, Machin, Stephen (2017). The economic functioning of online drugs markets. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1490). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Bindler, Anna Louisa, Hjalmarsson, Randi, Machin, Stephen Jonathan, Rubio, Melissa (2023). Murphy's Law or luck of the Irish? Disparate treatment of the Irish in 19th century courts. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1911). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Chevalier, Arnaud, Marie, Olivier (2014). Economic uncertainty, parental selection and the criminal activity of the 'children of the wall'. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1256). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Colmer, Jonathan Mark, Doleac, Jennifer L. (2023). Access to guns in the heat of the moment: more restrictive gun laws mitigate the effect of temperature on violence. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1934). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Dasgupta, Kabir, Diegmann, André, Kirchmaier, Thomas, Plum, Alexander (2020). Heterogeneity in criminal behavior after child birth: the role of ethnicity. (CEP Discussion Papers 1732). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Dasgupta, Kabir, Diegmann, André, Kirchmaier, Tom, Plum, Alexander (2022). The gender reveal: the effect of sons on young fathers’ criminal behavior and labor market activities. Labour Economics, 78, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2022.102224

Draca, Mirko, Koutmeridis, Theodore, Machin, Stephen (2015). The changing returns to crime: do criminals respond to prices? (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1355). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Draca, Mirko, Machin, Stephen, Witt, Robert (2011). Panic on the streets of London: police, crime, and the July 2005 terror attacks. American Economic Review, 101(5), 2157-2181. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.101.5.2157

Draca, Mirko, Machin, Steve, Witt, Robert (2008). Panic on the streets of London: police, crime and the July 2005 terror attacks. (CEPDP 852). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Draca, Mirko, Koutmeridis, Theodore, Machin, Stephen (2019). The changing returns to crime do criminals respond to prices? Review of Economic Studies, 86(3), 1228 – 1257. https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdy004

Garicano, Luis, Heaton, Paul (2007). Information technology, organization, and productivity in the public sector: evidence from police departments. (CEPDP 826). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Grogger, Jeffrey, Ivandic, Ria, Kirchmaier, Thomas (2020). Comparing conventional and machine-learning approaches to risk assessment in domestic abuse cases. (CEP Discussion Paper 1676). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Hjalmarsson, Randi, Machin, Stephen, Pinotti, Paolo (2024). Crime and the labor market. In Dustmann, Christian, Lemieux, Thomas (Eds.), Handbook of Labor Economics (pp. 679 - 759). Elsevier (Firm). https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.heslab.2024.11.008

Ivandic, Ria, Kirchmaier, Thomas, Machin, Stephen (2019). Jihadi attacks, media, and local hate crime. (CEP Discussion Papers 1615). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Jaitman, Laura, Machin, Stephen (2013). Crime and immigration: new evidence from England and Wales. IZA Journal of Migration, 2(1), p. 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/2193-9039-2-19

Kalbfuß, Jörg, Odermatt, Reto, Stutzer, Alois (2018). Medical marijuana laws and mental health in the United States. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1546). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Kirchmaier, Thomas, Langella, Monica, Manning, Alan (2021). Commuting for crime. (CEP Discussion Papers 1747). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Kirchmaier, Thomas, Machin, Stephen, Sandi, Matteo, Witt, Robert (2018). Prices, policing and policy: the dynamics of crime booms and busts. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1535). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Kirchmaier, Tom, Oparina, Ekaterina (2024). Under pressure: victim withdrawal and police officer workload. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1985). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Kirchmaier, Thomas, Machin, Stephen, Sandi, Matteo, Witt, Robert (2020). Prices, policing and policy: the dynamics of crime booms and busts. Journal of the European Economic Association, 18(2), 1040 - 1077. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvz014

Machin, Stephen, Marie, Olivier (2005). Crime and police resources: the street crime initiative. (CEPDP 680). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Machin, Stephen, Marie, Olivier, Vujić, Sunčica (2010). The crime reducing effect of education. (CEP Discussion Paper 979). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Machin, Stephen, Sandi, Matteo (2024). Crime and education. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP2046). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Economics

Barrios-Fernandez, Mauricio Andres, Garcia Hombrados, Jorge (2021). Recidivism and neighborhood institutions: evidence from the rise of the evangelical church in Chile. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1769). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Beatton, Tony, Kidd, Michael P., Machin, Stephen (2018). Gender crime convergence over twenty years: evidence from Australia. European Economic Review, 109, 275-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2018.01.001

Bell, Brian, Bindler, Anna, Machin, Stephen (2018). Crime scars: recessions and the making of career criminals. Review of Economics and Statistics, 100(3), 392-404. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_00698

Besley, Timothy, Fetzer, Thiemo, Mueller, Hannes (2015). The welfare cost of lawlessness: evidence from Somali piracy. Journal of the European Economic Association, 13(2), 203-239. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeea.12114

Bindler, Anna Louisa, Hjalmarsson, Randi, Machin, Stephen Jonathan, Rubio, Melissa (2023). Murphy's Law or luck of the Irish? Disparate treatment of the Irish in 19th century courts. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1911). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Burgess, Robin, Hansen, Matthew, Olken, Benjamin, Sieber, Stefanie (2012). The political economy of deforestation in the tropics. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 127(4), 1707-1754. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjs034

Callen, Michael, Long, James D. (2015). Institutional corruption and election fraud: evidence from a field experiment in Afghanistan. American Economic Review, 105(1), 354 - 381. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20120427

Chevalier, Arnaud, Marie, Olivier (2014). Economic uncertainty, parental selection and the criminal activity of the 'children of the wall'. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1256). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Draca, Mirko, Koutmeridis, Theodore, Machin, Stephen (2019). The changing returns to crime do criminals respond to prices? Review of Economic Studies, 86(3), 1228 – 1257. https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdy004

Gmeiner, Michael, Gmeiner, Robert (2022). Regulation enforcement. Journal of Labor Research, 43(2), 163 - 202. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12122-022-09332-3

Grogger, Jeffrey, Ivandic, Ria, Kirchmaier, Thomas (2020). Comparing conventional and machine-learning approaches to risk assessment in domestic abuse cases. (CEP Discussion Paper 1676). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Hjalmarsson, Randi, Machin, Stephen, Pinotti, Paolo (2024). Crime and the labor market. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP2044). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Hjalmarsson, Randi, Machin, Stephen, Pinotti, Paolo (2024). Crime and the labor market. In Dustmann, Christian, Lemieux, Thomas (Eds.), Handbook of Labor Economics (pp. 679 - 759). Elsevier (Firm). https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.heslab.2024.11.008

Ivandic, Ria, Kirchmaier, Thomas, Machin, Stephen (2019). Jihadi attacks, media, and local hate crime. (CEP Discussion Papers 1615). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Jaitman, Laura, Machin, Stephen (2013). Crime and immigration: new evidence from England and Wales. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1238). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Kirchmaier, Thomas, Langella, Monica, Manning, Alan (2021). Commuting for crime. (CEP Discussion Papers 1747). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Kirchmaier, Thomas, Machin, Stephen, Sandi, Matteo, Witt, Robert (2020). Prices, policing and policy: the dynamics of crime booms and busts. Journal of the European Economic Association, 18(2), 1040 - 1077. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvz014

Machin, Stephen, Sandi, Matteo (2024). Crime and education. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP2046). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Razin, Ronny, Levy, Gilat, Young, Alwyn (2022). Misspecified politics and the recurrence of populism. American Economic Review, 112(3), 928 - 962. https://doi.org/10.1257/AER.20210154

European Institute

de Grauwe, Paul, Costa Storti, Claudia (Eds.) (2012). Illicit trade and the global economy. MIT Press. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/8919.001.0001

Costa Storti, Claudia, de Grauwe, Paul (2009). Globalization and the price decline of illicit drugs. International Journal of Drug Policy, 20(1), 48-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2007.11.016

Costa Storti, Claudia, de Grauwe, Paul (2012). Introduction: illicit trade and the global economy. In de Grauwe, Paul, Costa Storti, Claudia (Eds.), Illicit Trade and the Global Economy (pp. 1-6). MIT Press. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/8919.003.0003

Costa Storti, Claudia, de Grauwe, Paul (2012). Modelling the cocaine and heroin markets in the era of globalization and drug reduction policies. In de Grauwe, Paul, Costa Storti, Claudia (Eds.), Illicit Trade and the Global Economy (pp. 119-158). MIT Press.

Costa Storti, Claudia, de Grauwe, Paul (2009). The cocaine and heroin markets in the era of globalisation and drug reduction policies. International Journal of Drug Policy, 20(6), 488-496. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2009.02.004

Costa Storti, Claudia, de Grauwe, Paul, Reuter, Peter (2011). Economic recession, drug use and public health. International Journal of Drug Policy, 22(5), 321-325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2011.07.009

Komárek, Jan (2008). Legal professional privilege and the EU’s fight against money laundering. Civil Justice Quarterly, 27(1), 13-22.

Financial Markets Group

Bosio, Erica, Djankov, Simeon, Glaeser, Edward, Shleifer, Andrei (2020). Public procurement in law and practice. (Financial Markets Group Discussion Papers 798). Financial Markets Group, The London School of Economics and Political Science.

Bosio, Erica, Djankov, Simeon, Glaeser, Edward, Shleifer, Andrei (2022). Public procurement in law and practice. American Economic Review, 112(4), 1091 - 1117. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20200738

Kirchmaier, Thomas, Machin, Stephen, Sandi, Matteo, Witt, Robert (2020). Prices, policing and policy: the dynamics of crime booms and busts. Journal of the European Economic Association, 18(2), 1040 - 1077. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvz014

Geography and Environment

Boeri, Filippo, Di Cataldo, Marco, Pietrostefani, Elisabetta (2022). Localised effects of re-allocated real estate mafia assets. (Geography and Environment Discussion Paper Series 35). Department of Geography and Environment, LSE.

Boeri, Filippo, Di Cataldo, Marco, Pietrostefani, Elisabetta (2024). Localized effects of confiscated and re-allocated real estate mafia assets. Journal of Economic Geography, 24(2), 219 - 240. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbad035

Bondy, Malvina, Roth, Sefi, Sager, Lutz (2020). Crime is in the air: the contemporaneous relationship between air pollution and crime. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 7(3), 555 - 585. https://doi.org/10.1086/707127

Health Policy

Brown, Dan, De Cao, Elisabetta (2018). The impact of unemployment on child maltreatment in the United States. (Working Paper 2018-04). Institute for Social and Economic Research.

International Development

Sequeira, Sandra, Djankov, Simeon (2010). An empirical study of corruption in ports. (MPRA Paper). Munich Personal RePEc Archive.

LSE

Azpitarte, Francisco (2011). Can corruption constrain the size of governments? European Journal of Law and Economics, 32(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10657-010-9205-8

Bardey, David, Mejía, Daniel (2019). Informality and optimal public policy. Economía, 19(2), 1 - 19. https://doi.org/10.1353/eco.2019.0000

Costa, Francisco J. M., de Faria, João S., Iachan, Felipe S., Caballero, Bárbara (2018). Homicides and the age of criminal responsibility: a density discontinuity approach. Economía, 19(1), 59 - 92. https://doi.org/10.1353/eco.2018.0008

De Mello, João M. P. (2015). Does drug illegality beget violence? Evidence from the crack-cocaine wave in São Paulo. Economía, 16(1), 157 - 185. https://doi.org/10.31389/eco.74

Dunne, Niamh (2014). Commitment decisions in EU competition law. Journal of Competition Law and Economics, 10(2), 399-444. https://doi.org/10.1093/joclec/nht047

Fajnzylber, Pablo, Lederman, Daniel, Loayza, Norman (2000). Crime and victimization: an economic perspective. Economía, 1(1), 219 - 278. https://doi.org/10.1353/eco.2000.0004

Masiero, Ilaria (2020). The effect of police on crime: evidence from the 2014 World Cup in São Paulo. Economía, 21(1), 47 - 72. https://doi.org/10.1353/eco.2020.0006

Mejía, Daniel, Uribe, María José (2011). Is violence against union members in Colombia systematic and targeted? Economía, 12(1), 119 - 154. https://doi.org/10.1353/eco.2011.0013

Soares, Rodrigo R., Viveiros, Igor (2017). Organization and information in the fight against crime: the integration of police forces in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Economía, 17(2), 29 - 63. https://doi.org/10.31389/eco.64

Soliman, Adam (2025). Disrupting drug markets: the effects of crackdowns on rogue opioid suppliers. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 17(4), 165 - 191. https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20230640

Szerman, Christiane (2023). The employee costs of corporate debarment in public procurement. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 15(1), 411 - 441. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20200669

Tealde, Emiliano (2019). The impact of police presence on drug-trade-related violence. Economía, 20(1), 61 - 81. https://doi.org/10.1353/eco.2019.0008

Law School

Fiala, Lenka, Husovec, Martin (2018). Using experimental evidence to design optimal notice and takedown process. (TILEC Discussion Paper series 2018-028). SSRN.

Fiala, Lenka, Husovec, Martin (2022). Using experimental evidence to improve delegated enforcement. International Review of Law and Economics, 71, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irle.2022.106079

Komárek, Jan (2008). Legal professional privilege and the EU’s fight against money laundering. Civil Justice Quarterly, 27(1), 13-22.

Management

Boeri, Filippo, Di Cataldo, Marco, Pietrostefani, Elisabetta (2022). Localised effects of re-allocated real estate mafia assets. (Geography and Environment Discussion Paper Series 35). Department of Geography and Environment, LSE.

Garicano, Luis, Heaton, Paul (2007). Information technology, organization, and productivity in the public sector: evidence from police departments. (CEPDP 826). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Mannheim Centre for Criminology

Lazarus, Suleman, Tickner, Peter, McGuire, Michael R. (2025). Cybercrime against senior citizens: exploring ageism, ideal victimhood, and the pivotal role of socioeconomics. Security Journal, 38(1). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41284-025-00482-4

Methodology

Bondy, Malvina, Roth, Sefi, Sager, Lutz (2020). Crime is in the air: the contemporaneous relationship between air pollution and crime. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 7(3), 555 - 585. https://doi.org/10.1086/707127

Jackson, Jonathan (2015). On the dual motivational force of legitimate authority. In Bornstein, B. H., Tomkins, A. J. (Eds.), Cooperation and Compliance with Authority: The Role of Institutional Trust: 62nd Nebraska Symposium on Motivation . Springer Berlin / Heidelberg.

Middle East Centre

Luca, Davide, Proietti, Paola (2022). Hosting to skim: organized crime and the reception of asylum seekers in Italy. Regional Studies, 56(12), 2102 - 2116. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2039386

STICERD

Burgess, Robin, Hansen, Matthew, Olken, Benjamin, Sieber, Stefanie (2012). The political economy of deforestation in the tropics. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 127(4), 1707-1754. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjs034

Sequeira, Sandra, Djankov, Simeon (2010). An empirical study of corruption in ports. (MPRA Paper). Munich Personal RePEc Archive.

Social Policy

Barrios-Fernandez, Mauricio Andres, Garcia Hombrados, Jorge (2021). Recidivism and neighborhood institutions: evidence from the rise of the evangelical church in Chile. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1769). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Urban and Spatial Programme

Menon, Carlo, de Blasio, Guido (2013). Down and Out in Italian towns: measuring the impact of economic downturns on crime. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0137). Spatial Economics Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.