The nonlinear effects of air pollution on criminal behavior: evidence from Mexico City and New York

This article proposes an inverted U-shape relationship between air pollution and criminal behavior. Exposure increases criminality by raising criminals’ taste for risk and violent behavior while also reducing it by changing the number of felons and crime opportunities in the market through exacerbat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Luis Sarmiento
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:Environmental Research: Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5309/ac9a65