Does the Burglar Also Disturb the Neighbor? Crime Spillovers on Individual Well-being
Journal: RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
Year: 2015

Indirect psychological effects induced by crime are likely to contribute significantly to the total costs of crime beyond the financial costs of direct victimization. Using detailed crime statistics for the whole of Germany and linking them to individual-level mental health information from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we analyze whether local crime rates affect the mental health of residents. We estimate that a one standard deviation increase in local violent crime rates significantly decre