Crime and the Depenalization of Cannabis Possession: Evidence from a Policing Experiment
Crime and the Depenalization of Cannabis Possession: Evidence from a Policing Experiment
We evaluate the impact on crime of a localized policing experiment that depenalized the possession of small quantities of cannabis in the London borough of Lambeth. We find that depenalization policy caused the police to reallocate effort toward nondrug crime. Despite the overall fall in crime attributable to the policy, we find that the total welfare of local residents likely fell, as measured by house prices. We shed light on what would be the impacts on crime of a citywide depenalization policy by developing and calibrating a structural model of the market for cannabis and crime.
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Mcconnell, Brendon
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Rasul, Imran
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Adda, Jerome
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October 2014
Mcconnell, Brendon
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Rasul, Imran
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Adda, Jerome
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Mcconnell, Brendon, Rasul, Imran and Adda, Jerome
(2014)
Crime and the Depenalization of Cannabis Possession: Evidence from a Policing Experiment.
Journal of Political Economy, 122 (5), .
(doi:10.1086/676932).
Abstract
We evaluate the impact on crime of a localized policing experiment that depenalized the possession of small quantities of cannabis in the London borough of Lambeth. We find that depenalization policy caused the police to reallocate effort toward nondrug crime. Despite the overall fall in crime attributable to the policy, we find that the total welfare of local residents likely fell, as measured by house prices. We shed light on what would be the impacts on crime of a citywide depenalization policy by developing and calibrating a structural model of the market for cannabis and crime.
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e-pub ahead of print date: October 2014
Published date: October 2014
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/410178
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