Get a job : labor markets, economic opportunity, and crime /
Are the unemployed more likely to commit crimes? Does having a job make one less likely to commit a crime? Criminologists have found that individuals who are marginalized from the labor market are more likely to commit crimes, and communities with more members who are marginal to the labor market ha...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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New York :
NYU Press,
2014.
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| Series: | New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Are the unemployed more likely to commit crimes? Does having a job make one less likely to commit a crime? Criminologists have found that individuals who are marginalized from the labor market are more likely to commit crimes, and communities with more members who are marginal to the labor market have higher rates of crime. Yet, as Robert Crutchfield explains, contrary to popular expectations, unemployment has been found to be an inconsistent predictor of either individual criminality or collective crime rates. In Get a Job, Crutchfield offers a carefully nuanced understanding of the links a. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 290 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781479829729 1479829722 |