TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Long-term unemployment and violent crime
JO  - Empirical economics
A1  - Nordin, Martin
A1  - Almén, Daniel
SP  - 1
EP  - 29
VL  - 52
IS  - 1
N2  - This study reinvestigates the relationship between unemployment and crime, but is the first to focus explicitly on the effects of long-term unemployment on crime. A unique finding is that long-term unemployment shows a strong association with violent crime, an effect which is greater than that of total unemployment on property crime in this and most previous studies. Long-term unemployment thus identifies a marginal group for committing crime (particularly violent crime) better than total unemployment, with the duration of unemployment plausibly increasing the strain that fosters violent behaviour.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0377-7332
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00181-016-1068-6
ID  - ref1
ER  -