1st Edition
The Economics of Race and Crime
220 Pages
by
Routledge
220 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
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The relationship between crime and the economy has received too little attention from researchers. This volume remedies that deficit, resurrecting several classic writings on this elusive topic by and about blacks, and presenting new contributions by researchers at the frontier of work on the subject.Among the landmark articles included are W.E.B. Dubois' famous examination of crime in... Read more
About the Authors, Preface, Introduction, The Negro Criminal, Negro Criminality, Negro Crime, Negro Criminality in the South, The Negro and the Problem of Law Observance and Administration in the Light of Social Science Research, Inequality of Justice, The Relation of Criminal Activity to Black Youth Employment, The Simultaneous Probit Model of Crime and Employment for Black and White Teenage Males, Rational Choice Models of Crime by Youth, Unemployment and Racial Differences in Imprisonment, Political Business Cycles and Imprisonment Rates in Italy: Report on Work in Progress, Comments, Crime and Employment Research: A Continuing Deadlock
Biography
Samuel L. Myers Jr., Margaret C. Simms
