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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2023-01-01
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Series: | Environmental Research: Health |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5309/ac9a65 |