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Title: Ethnicity, Labor Markets, and Crime
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Crutchfield, Robert D. |
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Ethnicity, Labor Markets, and Crime In: Ethnicity, Race, And Crime: Perspectives Across Time and Place. D.F. Hawkins, ed. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1995: pp. 194-211 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: State University of New York Press Keyword(s): Crime; Ethnic Groups/Ethnicity; Illegal Activities; Job Tenure; Labor Market Studies, Geographic; Racial Differences; Racial Studies Examines the relationship between racial and labor market disadvantage and criminality, based on data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth Labor Market Experience for blacks, Latinos, and whites and their relationship to crime rates for these populations. Findings indicate that the more frequently blacks are out of work, especially if they live in a poverty-stricken area, the more likely they are to be involved in a violent or property-related crime; jobs with expected long duration have a dampening effect on this trend. The opposite is true of whites and Latinos, who are more likely to commit crimes when stably employed. It is concluded that not only work, but also the context of the labor market, affects rates of criminality. 3 Tables, 28 References. J. MacDowell (Copyright 1996, Sociological Abstracts, Inc., all rights reserved.) |
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Crutchfield, Robert D. "Ethnicity, Labor Markets, and Crime" In: Ethnicity, Race, And Crime: Perspectives Across Time and Place. D.F. Hawkins, ed. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1995: pp. 194-211
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