Crime and economic activity

A research note

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2155016
AutoresRobert Gramling (0000-0002-8250-5154, a University of Southwestern Louisiana , P.O. Box 40198, Lafayette, LA, 70504), Craig J Forsyth (0000-0002-7636-8106, Southwestern University), Craig Forsyth (b University of Southwestern Louisiana), Jeff Fewell (b University of Southwestern Louisiana)
Ano1988
Volume8
Fascículo2
Páginas187-195
Data de publicação1988-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociological Spectrum (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0273-2173 • E-ISSN: 1521-0707
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02732173.1988.9981850
OpenAlexW2147635415
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas22

This paper examines the relationship between unemployment, median income, and the seven F.B.I. Index crimes. The analysis lends support to the contention that opportunity is a stronger motivator of criminal activity than is deprivation. The paper also calls into question the propriety of official unemployment rates as indicators of economic deprivation, at least at the state level. Thus, economic deprivation cannot be ruled out as a causal element in crime rates. Future researchers are cautioned to use a more macroscopic (national) or microscopic (community level) approach

Criminology · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Political science · Relative deprivation · Sociology · Unemployment · Unemployment rate · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses