Cleveland 2.0

Crime and gambling

Monday, October 30, 2006

Proponents of Issue 3 continue to deny any connection between gambling and crime. The evidence, however, goes the other way.

On crime and casinos, check out the work by Grinols and Mustard.

Read the Washington Post article Casinos and Crime: The Luck Runs Out

Here's a graph that focuses on aggravated assaults. (I have posted the Grinols and Mustard report and other studies here.)

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