Law Enforcement, Social Control and Organized Crime: Evidence from Local Government Dismissals in Italy

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Neutralizing the Tentacles of Organized Crime. Assessment of the Impact of an Anti-Crime Measure on Mafia Violence in Italy

“…fects in neighboring towns due to the dissolution for mafia infiltration inCalabria, Campania and Sicily in 1998-2013 in terms of a reduction in public investment. In the same spirit,Cingano and Tonello (2020) show spillover e↵ects on the local petty crimes in municipalities in the neighborhood of the dissolved ones. According to the literature just cited, we can likely consider that the enforcement of Law 164 may generate spillover e↵ects in neighboring towns.In this respect, we estimate a Poisson FE model as in eq.…”

Inzichten in de effectiviteit van preventieve instrumenten in de strijd tegen georganiseerde criminaliteit: [Insights into the effectiveness of preventive instruments tackling organised crime]

“…verhoogde zichtbaarheid van de politie  Niet-strafrechtelijk onderzoek zoals verzekeringsaanvragen  Samenwerkingsverbanden, bijeenkomsten, informatie-uitwisseling tussen betrokken actoren (publiekprivaat) ( Vijlbrief, 2012;Abraham et al, 2021)  Verzamelen van inlichtingen over OCGleden, om de parameters voor overtredingen vast te stellen  Screenen van huurders (Kleemans & Huisman, 2015)  Preventief controleren (surveillance en toezicht) (Kleemans & Huisman, 2015)  Directe interventies zoals transparantie van bedrijven (Bryant & Landman, 2020)  Bouwvoorschriften en gerechtelijke stappen tegen onwettige gebouwen 11  Formele onderzoeken ( Cingano & Tonello, 2020;Abraham et al, 2021)  Verzamelen van inlichtingen over Organised Crime Group-leden, om de parameters voor overtredingen vast te stellen 13. Identify property  Opkopen van panden en gemeentelijke herstructurering (Kleemans & Huisman, 2015) 18.…”

The Credibility Revolution in the Empirical Analysis of Crime

“…Most of the papers included in the present special issue contribute to this research agenda. Cingano and Tonello (2020) evaluate the effects on local crime rates of local government dismissals for organized crime infiltration in Southern Italy. Local government dismissals were first introduced in 1991 to curb the influence of mafia-type organizations on local politics; 344 local governments have been dismissed since then, 312 of which in Sicily, Calabria, and Campania.…”

“…In addition, they have been extensively exploited as useful experiments to understand the implications of organized crime presence along several dimensions, such as political selection (Daniele and Geys 2015), public investment efficiency (Galletta 2017), and public procurement (Fenizia 2018). The empirical analysis by Cingano and Tonello (2020) points at a persistent decrease in petty crimes, while there is little effect on offenses more closely related to the activity of organized crime (e.g., homicides, extortions, and drug-trafficking). These findings speak to previous papers, discussed above, about the deterrent effect of increased policing after terrorist attacks on other types of crime (Di Tella and Schargrodsky 2004;Draca et al 2011).…”