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Deployments, Combat Exposure, and Crime

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  • Anderson, D. Mark

    (Montana State University)

  • Rees, Daniel I.

    (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

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During the period 2001-2009, four combat brigades and the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment were based at Fort Carson, Colorado. These units were repeatedly deployed during the Iraq War, allowing us to measure the effect of arguably exogenous changes in troop levels on violent crime in El Paso County, where Fort Carson is located. Our results suggest that never-deployed units contributed to community violence in the form of assaults, murders, and robberies. In contrast, estimates of the relationship between the number of previously deployed units and violent crime are generally small and statistically insignificant. We conclude that soldiers returning from combat do not represent a special threat to public safety.

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  • Anderson, D. Mark & Rees, Daniel I., 2013. "Deployments, Combat Exposure, and Crime," IZA Discussion Papers 7761, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    • Handle: RePEc:iza:izadps:dp7761
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    Cited by:

    1. Roesti, Matthias, 2020. "“This is my Rifle” - On US Police Militarisation and Crime," Economics Working Paper Series 2017, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science.
    2. D. Mark Anderson & Daniel I. Rees, 2015. "Deployments, Combat Exposure, and Crime," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 58(1), pages 235-267.
    3. Peter Siminski & Simon Ville & Alexander Paull, 2016. "Does the military turn men into criminals? New evidence from Australia’s conscription lotteries," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 29(1), pages 197-218, January.

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    Keywords

    violence; combat; crime; Iraq War;
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    JEL classification:

    • K4 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior
    • H56 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - National Security and War

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