Crime and weather: Evidence from the Czech Republic

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This article estimates the impact of weather on crime in the Czech Republic. Using detailed crime data during the years 2005-2015, I show that temperature has a significant positive effect on the total number of assaults, thefts, robberies and sexual crimes recorded. Furthermore, precipitation is found to have a negative significant effect on the number of assaults and sexual crimes committed. Finally, based on my results, temperature seems to cause an overall increase in assaults' and thefts' rates. Heat effect on sexual crimes is more a substitution effect between cold and hot days.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IES Working Paper ; No. 9/2022

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Criminal Law ; Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law ; Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior: Other
• Thema: crime ; temperature ; precipitation

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Mišák, Vojtěch
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Charles University in Prague, Institute of Economic Studies (IES)
• (wo): Prague
• (wann): 2022

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/265195
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ