Get a job : labor markets, economic opportunity, and crime /
Crutchfield, Robert D.
Get a job : labor markets, economic opportunity, and crime / Robert D. Crutchfield. - xii, 291 pages ; 23 cm. - New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series . - New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Modern Mis�erables: labor market influences on crime -- "Get a job": the connection between work and crime -- Why do they do it?: the potential for criminality -- "I don't want no damn slave job!": the effects of lack of employment opportunities -- "Life in the hood": how social context matters -- Lessons from the hole in the wall gang -- Toward a more general explanation of employment and crime -- A tale of my two cities.
9780814717073 0814717071 9780814717080 081471708X
40023620714
2013046960
Discrimination in employment--United States.
Race relations--Economic aspects.
Crime--Economic aspects--United States.
HD 4903.5 .U58 / C78 2014
Get a job : labor markets, economic opportunity, and crime / Robert D. Crutchfield. - xii, 291 pages ; 23 cm. - New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series . - New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Modern Mis�erables: labor market influences on crime -- "Get a job": the connection between work and crime -- Why do they do it?: the potential for criminality -- "I don't want no damn slave job!": the effects of lack of employment opportunities -- "Life in the hood": how social context matters -- Lessons from the hole in the wall gang -- Toward a more general explanation of employment and crime -- A tale of my two cities.
9780814717073 0814717071 9780814717080 081471708X
40023620714
2013046960
Discrimination in employment--United States.
Race relations--Economic aspects.
Crime--Economic aspects--United States.
HD 4903.5 .U58 / C78 2014