Author: Kirstine Hansen
Pages: 41
Year: 2006
Source: Centre for Longitudinal Studies
It is generally believed that economic success is related to crime in such a way that a buoyant labour market is negatively associated with crime (in relatively prosperous times crime is lower), while a weaker labour market is positively associated with crime. However, a number of studies have found that rising female employment, which is generally thought of as a labour market improvement, is actually positively associated with crime.
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