Get a job: labor markets, economic opportunity, and crime
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1. Verfasser: Crutchfield, Robert D. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York NYU Press 2014
Schriftenreihe:New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Modern Misérables: Labor Market Influences on Crime; 2 "Get a Job": The Connection between Work and Crime; 3 Why Do They Do It? The Potential for Criminality; 4 "I Don't Want No Damn Slave Job!": The Effects of Lack of Employment Opportunities; 5 "Life in the Hood": How Social Context Matters; 6 Lessons from the Hole in the Wall Gang; 7 Toward a More General Explanation of Employment and Crime; 8 A Tale of My Two Cities; Appendix: Data; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author
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
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 290 pages)
ISBN:9781479829729
1479829722
9780814717073
0814717071
9780814717080
081471708X

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