TY - JOUR
T1 - Crime and mental well-being
AU - Cornaglia, Francesca
AU - Feldman, Naomi E.
AU - Leigh, Andrew
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - We provide empirical evidence of crime's impact on the mental well-being of both victims and nonvictims. We differentiate between the direct impact to victims and the indirect impact to society due to the fear of crime. The results show a decrease in mental well-being after violent crime victimization and that the violent crime rate has a negative impact on mental well-being of nonvictims. Property crime victimization and property crime rates show no such comparable impact. Finally, we estimate that society-wide impact of increasing the crime rate by one victim is about 80 times more than the direct impact on the victim.
AB - We provide empirical evidence of crime's impact on the mental well-being of both victims and nonvictims. We differentiate between the direct impact to victims and the indirect impact to society due to the fear of crime. The results show a decrease in mental well-being after violent crime victimization and that the violent crime rate has a negative impact on mental well-being of nonvictims. Property crime victimization and property crime rates show no such comparable impact. Finally, we estimate that society-wide impact of increasing the crime rate by one victim is about 80 times more than the direct impact on the victim.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84894030744&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3368/jhr.49.1.110
DO - 10.3368/jhr.49.1.110
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AN - SCOPUS:84894030744
SN - 0022-166X
VL - 49
SP - 110
EP - 140
JO - Journal of Human Resources
JF - Journal of Human Resources
IS - 1
ER -
