TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Crime and mental well-being
JO  - Journal of human resources
A1  - Cornaglia, Francesca
A1  - Feldman, Naomi E.
A1  - Leigh, Andrew
SP  - 110
EP  - 140
VL  - 49
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-166X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/jhr.2014.0005
ID  - ref1
ER  -