Is Work Associated With More or Less Criminal Involvement in the Short-Term? New Evidence of the Former Among a Justice-Involved Sample?

We inquire whether commitment to employment has an immediate suppressive effect (i.e., in the next month) on street crime. Analysis of retrospective monthly calendar data drawn from a random sample of prisoners reveals that it does not. In contrast, paycheck work co-occurs with income generating cri...

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Authors: Bellair, Paul E. (Author) ; Lopez, Steven (Author) ; LaPlant, Eric (Author) ; Vuolo, Mike (Author) ; Apel, Robert (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: Crime & delinquency
Year: 2024, Volume: 70, Issue: 9, Pages: 2223-2249
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Keywords:
Identity Theory
income generating crime
work and crime