Crime and economic activity. A panel data approach

We use aggregate data from 42 police force areas to examine the relationship between economic factors and property crime. The change in unemployment is seen to impact positively on four types of criminal activity examined. A widening of the distribution of weekly earnings of full-time manual men (a...

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Authors: Witt, Robert (Author) ; Clarke, Alan (Author) ; Fielding, Nigel 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
Published: 1999
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 1999, Volume: 39, Issue: 3, Pages: 391-400
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
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