Economic Theories of Crime and Delinquency

Jacob, Anupama

doi:10.1080/10911359.2011.564951

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“…Perhaps most obvious is the fact that educational attainment promotes employment and earnings (Grubb 2002). Past research has generally found a negative relationship between employment and criminal activity (Good, Pirog-Good, and Sickles 1986; Jacob 2011; Siennick and Osgood 2008; Van Der Geest et al 2011), whether due to greater economic resources, changes in routine activities, or increases in prosocial bonds. At the same time, a range of factors may moderate the relationship between employment and crime.…”

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“…Studies of crime across the life course focus attention on adult transitions, such as marriage and employment, as potential turning points associated with reduced criminal behavior (Jacob 2011; Sampson and Laub 1993; Siennick and Osgood 2008). Few studies, however, have considered educational completion as an adult role that might be associated with changes in crime.…”

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Educational Pathways and Change in Crime Between Adolescence and Early Adulthood

Swisher

Dennison

2016

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

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Objectives This article examines the relationship between intergenerational educational pathways and change in crime. Moreover, it examines the potential mediating roles of family and employment transitions, economic stressors, and social psychological factors. Method Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (N = 14,742) and negative binomial models are used to assess associations between educational pathways (i.e., upward, downward, and stable) and change in crime between adolescence and early adulthood. Selection effects are assessed with lagged dependent variables and controls for self-control, grades, and the Add Health Picture Vocabulary Test. Results Intergenerational educational pathways are significantly associated with changes in crime. Downward educational pathways were predictive of increases in crime, whereas upward pathways were associated with decreases in crime. These associations were partly mediated by family transitions, and more strongly by economic stressors. These results were robust to controls for selection related variables. Conclusions This study is among the first to examine the relationship between intergenerational educational pathways and crime in the United States. Both upward and downward changes in educational attainments were found to be significant for crime. These findings are notable given the continuing expansion of higher education as well as concerns regarding increasing stratification and downward mobility in the United States.

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Educational Pathways and Change in Crime Between Adolescence and Early Adulthood

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Dennison

2016

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

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“…For instance, [5] reaches the conclusion that delinquency is a product of conflicts over the distribution of resources and the illegitimacy of such a distribution especially as it affects the poor and the groups that seek to organize and bring conflict out into the open. Similarly, Jacob [6] maintains that the relative differences in income among the different classes in society are the leading causes of delinquent behaviors.…”

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“…Economists argue that crime is a result of individuals' making choices between using their scarce resources of time and effort in legitimate or in illegitimate activities. A key assumption is that when making these choices, individuals are rational and choose the best option based on the available information and re- [6]. Economists measure the profit from crime in terms of monetary benefits alongside physical, psychic, and other benefits.…”

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Juvenile Delinquency: A Need to Multiple Explanations and Interventions

Badasa¹,

Gemeda²,

Gaduda³

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To come up with complete understanding about the root causes of juvenile delinquency, explanations were given from different perspectives. Hence, psychologists, sociologists, political scientists and economists provide several reasons for causes of inappropriate behaviors. These are peer group pressure, family, community, and status differences among the different classes that seek to explain this phenomenon. The findings suggested that no single intervention is effective to rehabilitate the target group. Indeed, because of the fact that its origins are too much complicated so the interventions should be given at individual, family, school and community levels.

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Unemployment and crime in developing countries: a meta-analysis in Iran

Tabar

Bahmani

2019

Crime Law Soc Change

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Economic Theories of Crime and Delinquency

Cited by 23 publications

References 20 publications

Educational Pathways and Change in Crime Between Adolescence and Early Adulthood

Educational Pathways and Change in Crime Between Adolescence and Early Adulthood

Juvenile Delinquency: A Need to Multiple Explanations and Interventions

Unemployment and crime in developing countries: a meta-analysis in Iran

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