Examining the Externalities of Welfare Reform: TANF and Crime

Liebertz, Scott; Bunch, Jaclyn

doi:10.1080/07418825.2017.1323113

Cited by 19 publications

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“…For instance, Brown (2016) found that earned income tax credit (EITC) is negatively associated with crime, while Piatkowska et al (2020) found that a more progressive tax structure predicted decreases in robbery and burglary rates. Liebertz and Bunch (2018) found that more restrictive welfare laws are associated with higher rates of violent crime, although they find mixed results for property crime. Timing may also play a role in terms of the effectiveness of social support.…”

Section: Research On Collateral Consequences and Recidivismmentioning

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Begging for Crime? The Effect of State Laws Restricting Access to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families on Unsuccessful Completion of Parole

Sohoni

Piatkowska

2021

Crime & Delinquency

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Transitioning from prison to the community can pose significant hardships as returning individuals seek to support themselves while searching for work and housing. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) is one potential service that can help ease this transition, however, in numerous states TANF is not available to many former offenders. We conduct a fixed effects analysis on laws banning TANF assistance and state rates of unsuccessful parole completion between 1994 and 2016. We find that states that imposed restrictions on TANF saw an increase in state rates of unsuccessful parole completion. Furthermore, we find no significant difference between full bans and partial bans of TANF, indicating that even partial bans may undermine efforts to successfully reintegrate former offenders.

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Section: Research On Collateral Consequences and Recidivismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Begging for Crime? The Effect of State Laws Restricting Access to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families on Unsuccessful Completion of Parole

Sohoni

Piatkowska

2021

Crime & Delinquency

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“…Much of this work has concentrated on the United States, where there is some evidence that restricted social security measures have increased crime. Liebertz and Bunch (2018), evaluating the impact of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families , found that more stringent welfare policies were associated with higher levels of violent crime but not property crime. Worrall (2009) found that lower levels of 'general relief' were associated with higher homicide rates.…”

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The political economy of crime: Did Universal Credit increase crime rates?

Tiratelli¹,

Bradford²,

Yesberg³

2020

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Interest in the political economy of crime goes back to sociology’s founding fathers, but the nature of the relationship between restrictive social security systems and crime rates remains contested. This paper exploits exogenous variation in the introduction of Universal Credit to local areas across England and Wales to address this question. We first use fixed effects models, with a range of controls, to show that as Universal Credit enrolments increase in a given area, so does the crime rate. We then use interrupted time series analysis to show that, despite Universal Credit being rolled out at different times in different places, its introduction in each local area coincides with a positive shift in the trend in crime. Borrowing from Strain Theory and Routine Activities Theory, we suggest that changes to the pool of motivated offenders may help to explain these correlations.

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“…It is also negatively associated with self-reported health (Narain et al 2017 ), and has led to a 3–5% decrease in the likelihood that a child has an annual checkup (Vaughn 2019 ). Further, states with greater levels of welfare restrictiveness had higher rates of violent crime (Liebertz and Bunch 2017 ), exceeding time limits decreased probability of Medicaid coverage and provider contact and increased the probability of being uninsured (Narain and Ettner 2017 ). Consistent with this literature, Hunn and Heath ( 2011 ) found that economic hardships and adverse life events increased depression scores, depression reduced earnings, and increased use of TANF by eligible women.…”

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Health Research in JFEI Over a Decade: 2009–2019

Chaudhuri

2020

J Fam Econ Iss

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This article is a review of thirty health-related articles published in the Journal of Family and Economic Issues from 2009 until 2019. This review discusses how the thirty studies have addressed broad areas of concern around health care access, health utilization and health status as well as health policy and implications and contributed to the advancement of knowledge in these areas. Articles mostly focused on health outcomes for families or demographic groups within families, with an emphasis on socioeconomic inequalities and inequitable burdens faced. The emphasis over the last decade has been research on chronic or non-communicable health conditions and none on communicable diseases.

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Examining the Externalities of Welfare Reform: TANF and Crime

Cited by 19 publications

References 56 publications

Begging for Crime? The Effect of State Laws Restricting Access to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families on Unsuccessful Completion of Parole

Begging for Crime? The Effect of State Laws Restricting Access to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families on Unsuccessful Completion of Parole

The political economy of crime: Did Universal Credit increase crime rates?

Health Research in JFEI Over a Decade: 2009–2019

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