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NCJ 094418
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| Title:
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Unemployment and Criminal Involvement - An Investigation of Reciprocal Causal Structures
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| Journal:
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American Sociological Review Volume:49 Issue:3 Dated:(June 1984) Pages:398-411
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| Author(s):
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T P Thornberry ; R L Christenson
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| Publication Date:
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1984 |
| Pages:
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14 |
| Origin:
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United States |
| Language:
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English |
| Annotation:
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Current etiological theories of criminal behavior are unidirectional in structure, positing that crime is caused by a variety of social factors; these theories tend to ignore the reciprocal causal influence of crime on those factors. |
| Abstract:
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The present paper assesses the theoretical and empirical consequences associated with unidirectional explanations of criminal involvement. Using a linear panel model approach, it also examines the advantages of reciprocal causal structures by estimating a nonrecursive model of the relationship between crime and one other variable, unemployment. Results indicate that a reciprocal model is far more accurate than a traditional, unidirectional one; unemployment and crime appear to mutually influence one another over the individual's life span. Implications of these findings for etiological theories of criminal behavior are discussed. (Author abstract) |
| Index Term(s):
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Mathematical models ; Economic influences ; Research design ; Employment-crime relationships |
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