1. Juvenile curfew and crime reduction: Evidence from Brazil.
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Carazza, Luís, Mota Silveira Neto, Raul, and Emanuel, Lucas
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JUVENILE delinquency , *CURFEWS , *LEGAL evidence , *CITIES & towns - Abstract
The city of Fernandópolis, located in the countryside of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, imposed a juvenile curfew in 2005. This decision was not made at the municipal or state level, but in a courtroom. Subsequently, other municipalities in the state of São Paulo decided to adopt a juvenile curfew. To assess the effect of the curfew on reducing crime, this paper uses the difference‐in‐differences estimation to compare its impact, relative to municipalities that did not adopt a curfew. The results suggest that the curfew led to a decrease of 17.9% in thieves per thousand inhabitants in municipalities that adopted it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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