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049 _aMAIN
050 4 _aHD4903.5.U58 .C78 2014
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100 1 _aCrutchfield, Robert D.
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87818784
245 1 0 _aGet a job :
_blabor markets, economic opportunity, and crime /
_cRobert D. Crutchfield.
264 1 _a New York :
_bNYU Press,
_c2014.
300 _a1 online resource (xii, 290 pages) :
_billustrations, maps.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aNew perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aModern Misérables: 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.
520 _aAre 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 a.
546 _aEnglish.
588 0 _aPrint version record.
650 0 _aDiscrimination in employment
_zUnited States.
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85038390
650 0 _aRace relations
_xEconomic aspects.
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96007477
650 0 _aCrime
_xEconomic aspects
_zUnited States.
650 6 _aRelations raciales
_xAspect économique.
650 7 _aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS
_xLabor.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE
_xLabor & Industrial Relations.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE
_xCriminology.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aCrime
_xEconomic aspects
_2fast
650 7 _aDiscrimination in employment
_2fast
650 7 _aRace relations
_xEconomic aspects
_2fast
651 7 _aUnited States
_2fast
830 0 _aNew perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series.
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005033137
856 4 0 _uhttps://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/137158
_yFull text is available at the Directory of Open Access Books. Click here to view.
903 _aHeVa
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