The influence of economic factors on police crime recording behavior in the United States between 1960 and 1980

This study examines the influence of certain economic factors (inflation, unemployment, credit, competition, profit and inequality), total social welfare expenditures, and total number of full-time officers, derived from a radical theory of police behavior, on police crime recording behavior in the...

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Main Author: Bohm, Robert M. (Author)
Contributors: Friery, Rodney N.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 1988
In: American journal of criminal justice
Year: 1988, Volume: 13, Issue: 1, Pages: 49-73
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Keywords:
Police Behavior
Property Crime
Crime Rate
Economic Factor
Explanatory Variable
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Summary:This study examines the influence of certain economic factors (inflation, unemployment, credit, competition, profit and inequality), total social welfare expenditures, and total number of full-time officers, derived from a radical theory of police behavior, on police crime recording behavior in the United States between 1960 and 1980. In contrast to previous research, which has failed to provide a single model that explains over fifty percent of the variance in the dependent variable (Sherman, 1980), this study found three models that explain over fifty percent of the variance in police crime recording behavior.
ISSN:1936-1351
DOI:10.1007/BF02890851