The association between professional sporting events and police calls for service in San Antonio, Texas

Bagwell, Ryan; Block, Kristina; Leal, Wanda E.

doi:10.1080/0735648x.2023.2201891

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“…There has been a longstanding debate about the impact of sporting events on crime. For example, several studies have indicated that the viewership of televised sporting events can reduce various types of crime by disrupting the opportunities or conditions necessary for these crimes to occur (Bagwell et al, 2023;Copus & Laqueur, 2019;Lindo et al, 2022). 1 In contrast, other studies have found that the viewership of televised domestic or international sporting events can lead to an increase in domestic violence incidents at home.…”

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Remote Viewership of International Sporting Events and Crime: Evidence From Jamaica

Stewart,

Wright

2024

Journal of Sports Economics

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This article examines the effect of televised international sporting events (e.g., FIFA World Cup or Summer Olympics) on crime in Jamaica. We use a fixed effects model that compares, within each police division, the level of crime that occurs during these international sporting events to the rate of crime on similar days when these events are not occurring. We found that on days when the FIFA World Cup matches are held, there is a reduction in the number of murders (23.3%), shootings (20%), break-ins (19.4%), and robberies (11.7%), relative to the average number of each incident. We found no evidence of crime displacement, as these crimes also reduced during nonmatch periods during the FIFA World Cup. On the other hand, our results suggest that the international events that are less popular in Jamaica (the World Athletics Championship, the Summer Olympics, and the Winter Olympics) had a minimal impact on crime.

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