@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp8014, author={Cornaglia, Francesca and Feldman, Naomi E. and Leigh, Andrew}, title={Crime and Mental Wellbeing}, year={2014}, month={Mar}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={8014}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp8014}, abstract={We provide empirical evidence of crime's impact on the mental wellbeing of both victims and non-victims. We differentiate between the direct impact to victims and the indirect impact to society due to the fear of crime. The results show a decrease in mental wellbeing after violent crime victimization and that the violent crime rate has a negative impact on mental wellbeing of non-victims. Property crime victimization and property crime rates show no such comparable impact. Finally, we estimate that society-wide compensation due to increasing the crime rate by one victim is about 80 times more than the direct impact on the victim.}, keywords={neighbourhood effects;mental wellbeing;crime;non-victims}, }