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Get a Job - Labor Markets, Economic Opportunity, and Crime (Hardcover)
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Get a Job - Labor Markets, Economic Opportunity, and Crime (Hardcover)
Series: New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law
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Are the unemployed more likely to commit crimes? Does having a job
make one less likely to commit a crime? Criminologists have found
that individuals who are marginalized from the labor market are
more likely to commit crimes, and communities with more members who
are marginal to the labor market have higher rates of crime. Yet,
as Robert Crutchfield explains, contrary to popular expectations,
unemployment has been found to be an inconsistent predictor of
either individual criminality or collective crime rates. In Get a
Job, Crutchfield offers a carefully nuanced understanding of the
links among work, unemployment, and crime. Crutchfield explains how
people's positioning in the labor market affects their
participation in all kinds of crimes, from violent acts to
profit-motivated offenses such as theft and drug trafficking.
Crutchfield also draws on his first-hand knowledge of growing up in
a poor, black neighborhood in Pittsburgh and later working on the
streets as a parole officer, enabling him to develop a more
complete understanding of how work and crime are related and both
contribute to, and are a result of, social inequalities and
disadvantage. Well-researched and informative, Get a Job tells a
powerful story of one of the most troubling side effects of
economic disparities in America.
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