Casinos, Crime, and Community Costs

Casinos, Crime, and Community Costs

We examine the relationship between casinos and crime using county-level data for the United States between 1977 and 1996. Casinos were nonexistent outside Nevada before 1978, and expanded to many other states during our sample period. Most factors that reduce crime occur before or shortly after a c...

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Veröffentlicht in:The review of economics and statistics 2006-02, Vol.88 (1), p.28-45
Hauptverfasser: Grinols, Earl L., Mustard, David B.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Casinos
Crime
Crime rates
Criminal justice
Criminal offenses
Gambling
Gaming tables
Impact analysis
Larceny
Property crimes
Studies
Violent crimes
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Zusammenfassung:We examine the relationship between casinos and crime using county-level data for the United States between 1977 and 1996. Casinos were nonexistent outside Nevada before 1978, and expanded to many other states during our sample period. Most factors that reduce crime occur before or shortly after a casino opens, whereas those that increase crime, including problem and pathological gambling, occur over time. The results suggest that the effect on crime is low shortly after a casino opens, and grows over time. Roughly 8% of crime in casino counties in 1996 was attributable to casinos, costing the average adult $75 per year.
ISSN:0034-6535
1530-9142
DOI:10.1162/003465306775565756