@article{ref1,
title="Do casinos enhance crime?",
journal="Journal of criminal justice",
year="1989",
author="Hakim, Simon and Buck, Andrew J.",
volume="17",
number="5",
pages="409-416",
abstract="This article analyzes the possible impact of the 1978 introduction of casino gambling in Atlantic City on crime in that region. Pooled time-series cross-sectional data from sixty-four localities for the years 1972 to 1984 were used to investigate four types of property crimes and total violent crimes. The results suggest spatial crime spill-over from Atlantic City, where violent crime diminished most rapidly, followed by robberies and auto thefts. Larcenies declined least rapidly. The greatest post-casino crime increase was observed for violent crimes and auto thefts and the least for burglaries. A one percent increase in the distance from Atlantic City was associated with greater reduction in all crimes than was a one percent increase in police outlays.<p />",
language="",
issn="0047-2352",
doi="10.1016/0047-2352(89)90050-0",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0047-2352(89)90050-0"
}