Sports Franchises, Events, and City Livability: An Examination of Spectator Sports and Crime Rates
Sports Franchises, Events, and City Livability: An Examination of Spectator Sports and Crime Rates
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DOI：
10.1177/103530461202300207
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发表时间：
2012-06-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Matheson, Victor A.
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作者：
Baumann, Robert;Ciavarra, Taylor;Matheson, Victor A.
我们使用Arellano和Bond(2001)开发的技术估计了体育赛事和特许经营权对当地犯罪率的影响。对于赛事，我们会考虑美国职业棒球大联盟、美国国家篮球协会、美国国家橄榄球联盟和美国国家曲棍球联盟的特许经营权，以及一个城市是否举办了各自的锦标赛、奥运会或世界杯比赛。我们几乎没有发现任何证据表明，体育赛事或特许经营权与财产或暴力犯罪的变化有关，但有两个明显的例外。奥运会与财产犯罪增加约10%有关，而超级碗与暴力犯罪减少2.5%有关。然而，总体而言，观众体育的存在似乎并不会自动带来全市犯罪行为的任何改善。
We estimate the impact of sporting events and franchises on local crime rates using the technique developed in Arellano and Bond (2001). For events, we consider the presence of Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, National Football League and National Hockey League franchises as well as whether a city held one of the respective championships, the Olympics, or World Cup matches. We find little to no evidence that sporting events or franchises are correlated with changes in either property or violent crime with two notable exceptions. The Olympics Games are associated with roughly a 10 per cent increase in property crimes while the Super Bowl is associated with a 2.5 per cent decrease in violent crime. On the whole, however, the presence of spectator sports does not seem to automatically carry with it any improvements in citywide criminal behaviour.