@article{ref1,
title="Crime and mental well-being",
journal="Journal of human resources",
year="2014",
author="Cornaglia, Francesca and Feldman, Naomi E. and Leigh, Andrew",
volume="49",
number="1",
pages="110-140",
abstract="We provide empirical evidence of crime's impact on the mental well-being of both victims and nonvictims. We differentiate between the direct impact to victims and the indirect impact to society due to the fear of crime. The results show a decrease in mental well-being after violent crime victimization and that the violent crime rate has a negative impact on mental well-being of nonvictims. Property crime victimization and property crime rates show no such comparable impact. Finally, we estimate that society-wide impact of increasing the crime rate by one victim is about 80 times more than the direct impact on the victim.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-166X",
doi="10.1353/jhr.2014.0005",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/jhr.2014.0005"
}