Breaking Bad: The Effects of Health Shocks on Crime

Steffen Andersen; Gianpaolo  Parise; Kim  Peijnenburg

Breaking Bad: The Effects of Health Shocks on Crime

Steffen Andersen
, Gianpaolo Parise
, Kim Peijnenburg

Department of Finance

EDHEC Business School
Centre for Economic Policy Research

Research output: Other contribution › Net publication - Internet publication › Communication

Abstract

The demographics of criminality are changing, with the share of crimes committed by older adults rising in developed countries. This column uses administrative data from Denmark to better understand late-in-life determinants of crime – specifically, severe health shocks. It finds that a cancer diagnosis can incite criminal activity, and argues that social support should be made widely available to vulnerable segments of the population in the wake of the Covid health crisis, when even people with previously clean records could find themselves drawn into illegal behaviour.

Original language	English
Publication date	10 Apr 2021
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Centre for Economic Policy Research
Publication status	Published - 10 Apr 2021

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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