Tomislav Victor Kovandzic

TL;DR: In this paper, a city-level analysis of the relationship between rates of homicide and income inequality and poverty was performed using 1990 data for the 190 largest cities in the United Stares.

TL;DR: Analysis of association between state MML and state crime rates for all Part I offenses collected by the FBI did not indicate a crime exacerbating effect of MML on any of the Part II offenses, and findings run counter to arguments suggesting the legalization of marijuana for medical purposes poses a danger to public health.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a state panel data set for 46 states from 1974 to 2002 and found that although prison population growth seems to be associated with statistically significant decreases in crime rates, increases in the number of prisoners released from prison seem to be significantly associated with increases in crime, and attributed the apparent positive influences on crime that seem to follow prison releases to the criminogenic effects of prison

TL;DR: Using county-level data collected from Florida for the period 1980-1998 and a multiple time series (MTS) design, this paper revisited the police-crime relationship and found that increased police levels reduced most types of crime at the county level.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed data on over 2,500 US adults, using different ways of measuring gun ownership, and also analyzed future plans (among persons who did not own a gun at the time of the survey) to acquire a gun for self-protection.