In 2007, a total of 12,632 people in the United States were murdered with firearms, and it is estimated that another 48,676 were treated in…
In this paper we establish six stylized facts related to marriage and work in Latin America and present a simple model to account for them…
Understanding the relationship between female employment and fertility is a vital ingredient for effective population policy. This column…
The article discusses various reports published within the issue, including one by Bruce Western and Becky Pettit considering how social…
Since 1981, some 26 police officers across the United States have been shot and killed by fellow police officers who have mistaken them for…
The employment rate of black men, and particularly of low-skilled black men, fell precipitously between 1960 and 2000. At the same time,…
An introduction is presented for this issue of the "Journal of
Quantitative Criminology" which includes articles about crime trends in…
Boston, like many other major U.S. cities, experienced an epidemic of gun violence during the late 1980s and early 1990s that was followed…