Book chapter 2003

Labor markets and crime risk factors

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Bushway, Shawn D.
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Reuter, Peter H.
Evidence-Based Crime Prevention
Journal · pp. 198-240
Abstract

Employment and crime have a complex relationship. For an individual, they can be substitutes or complementary activities. For example, some people choose crime rather than legitimate work because of an expectation that they can make more money from crime and/or because they find it more rewarding in other ways (Katz, 1989; Bourgois, 1995). On the other hand, the workplace can offer opportunities for certain kinds of crimes that are more difficult to commit elsewhere, such as theft of inventory or selling of gambling services. © 2002 Editorial matter and selection, Lawrence W. Sherman, David P. Farrington, Brandon C. Welsh and Doris Layton MacKenzie.

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Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, United States
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