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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国际体育赛事的远程观看与犯罪：来自牙买加的证据

本文探讨了电视转播的国际体育赛事（例如国际足联世界杯或夏季奥运会）对牙买加犯罪的影响。我们使用固定效应模型，将每个警察部门内这些国际体育赛事期间发生的犯罪水平与这些赛事未发生的类似日子的犯罪率进行比较。我们发现，在世界杯比赛举行的日子里，谋杀（23.3%）、枪击（20%）、入室盗窃（19.4%）和抢劫（11.7%）的数量相对减少，为每个事件的平均数量。我们没有发现犯罪转移的证据，因为这些犯罪在国际足联世界杯期间的非比赛期间也有所减少。另一方面，我们的结果表明，在牙买加不太受欢迎的国际赛事（世界田径锦标赛、夏季奥运会和冬季奥运会）对犯罪的影响最小。