RT Research Data
T1 Participation in Illegitimate Activities: Ehrlich Revisited, 1960
A1 Vandaele, Walter
LA English
PP Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar
PB [Verlag nicht ermittelbar]
YR 1987
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1840068914
AB This study re-analyzes Isaac Ehrlich's 1960 cross-section data on the relationship between aggregate levels of punishment and crime rates. It provides alternative model specifications and estimations. The study examined the deterrent effects of punishment on seven FBI index crimes: murder, rape, assault, larceny, robbery, burglary, and auto theft. Socio-economic variables include family income, percentage of families earning below half of the median income, unemployment rate for urban males in the age groups 14-24 and 35-39, labor force participation rate, educational level, percentage of young males and non-whites in the population, percentage of population in the SMSA, sex ratio, and place of occurrence. Two sanction variables are also included: 1) the probability of imprisonment, and 2) the average time served in prison when sentenced (severity of punishment). Also included are: per capita police expenditure for 1959 and 1960, and the crime rates for murder, rape, assault, larceny, robbery, burglary, and auto theft.
K1 Assault
K1 Auto Theft
K1 Burglary
K1 Crime
K1 Crime Prevention
K1 CRIMINAL justice system
K1 demographic characteristics
K1 Education
K1 Income
K1 Larceny
K1 low income groups
K1 Murder
K1 police protection
K1 Rape
K1 Robbery
K1 Sentencing
K1 Unemployment
K1 Forschungsdaten
DO 10.3886/ICPSR08677.v1