Institutional responses to unemployment: a comparison of U.S. trends, 1948-1985

Previous studies that consistently find a direct effect of unemployment on imprisonment fail to consider other state policies that may be related both to unemployment and imprisonment. This ommission potentially biases in unknown ways the estimated effect of unemployment. This study uses postwar U.S...

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Autor principal: Inverarity, James (Autor)
Otros Autores: Grattet, Ryken
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1989
En: Contemporary crises
Año: 1989, Volumen: 13, Número: 4, Páginas: 351-370
Acceso en línea: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Direct Effect
Series Data
State Policy
Time Series
Time Series Data
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Sumario:Previous studies that consistently find a direct effect of unemployment on imprisonment fail to consider other state policies that may be related both to unemployment and imprisonment. This ommission potentially biases in unknown ways the estimated effect of unemployment. This study uses postwar U.S. time series data to examine how the effects of unemployment on imprisonment are influenced by mental institutionalization, military enlistments and welfare rolls. No evidence of trade-offs in social control policies can be detected in these data, thus supporting the previous findings that unemployment directly affects prison admissions.
Notas:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 367-370
Descripción Física:Diagramme
DOI:10.1007/BF00729083