Crime, Deterrence and Unemployment in England and Wales: An Empirical Analysis*

Reilly, Barry; Witt, Robert

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8586.1996.tb00629.x

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“…10 London was excluded due to the low resident population which artificially inflates the crime rate per thousand populations (see Machin and Meghir 2004). Also, it is much smaller than the other regions (See Reilly andWitt 1996, Witt et al 1998). Dahlberg and Gustavsson (2008), permanent income inequality rather than transitory income inequality is the key determinant of crime; hence this paper uses the annual wage data 12 .…”

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Crime, inequality and unemployment in England and Wales

Wu¹,

Wu²

2012

Applied Economics

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Crime, inequality and unemployment in England and Wales

Wu¹,

Wu²

2012

Applied Economics

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“…Reilly and Witt (1996), Witt et al (1999) and Wu and Wu (2012) 1 look at the relationship between crime and unemployment for England and Wales; Papas and…”

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Examining the link between crime and unemployment: a time-series analysis for Canada

Janko

Popli

2015

Applied Economics

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We use national and regional Canadian data to analyze the relationship between economic activity (as reflected by the unemployment rate) and crime rates. Given potential aggregation bias, we disaggregate the crime data and look at the relationship between six different types of crimes rates and unemployment rate; we also disaggregate the data by region. We employ an error correction model in our analysis to test for short-run and long-run dynamics. We find no evidence of long-run relationship between crime and unemployment, both when we look at disaggregation by type of crime and disaggregation by region. Lack of evidence of a long-run relationship indicates we have no evidence of motivation hypothesis. For selected types of property crimes we find some evidence of significant negative short-run relationship between crime and unemployment, lending support to the opportunity hypothesis. Inclusion of control variables in the panel analysis does not alter the findings, qualitatively or quantitatively. Acknowledgments:We are grateful to Mustafa Caglayan, Juan Carlos Cuestas, and the participants at the Royal Economic Conference (April 2014) for providing helpful comments. We would also like to thank an anonymous referee for very valuable comments, which have much improved the paper. The normal disclaimer applies.

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“…Based on the length of sentence (see Carrington, Matarazzo, & DeSouza, 2005;Liu, Francis, & Soothill, 2011;Reilly & Witt, 1996), it refers to the court-mandated imprisonment time for each offender. The average length of sentence in the present sample was 7.94 months (SD = 5.52, range = 1-24 months).…”

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Recidivism risk reduction assessment in batterer intervention programs: A key indicator for program efficacy evaluation

Lila

Oliver

Catalá-Miñana

et al. 2014

Psychosocial Intervention

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Intimate partner violence against women Intimate partner violence offenders Risk of recidivism Palabras clave: Evaluación de programas Violencia contra la mujer en las relaciones de pareja Maltratadores Riesgo de reincidencia A B S T R A C TThe evidence available on the efficacy of batterer intervention programs is still limited. The aim of the present study is twofold: (1) to analyze change in a set of intervention targets and their association with reconviction in a batterer intervention program implemented in Spain, and (2) to analyze pre-treatment participants' characteristics linked with an increased likelihood of change. The research design was a prospective longitudinal study with measures obtained in two points in time (pre-treatment and posttreatment). Self-report measures, trained program staff assessment, and reconviction official records were used. Participants consisted of 212 offenders participating in a court-mandated batterer intervention program. A significant gain in three intervention targets (responsibility assumption, perceived severity of intimate partner violence against women, and recidivism risk reduction) was found. Recidivism risk reduction gain score was the best success indicator. It significantly predicted reconviction with the highest effect size. A structural equation model showed that recidivism risk reduction was significantly predicted by pre-treatment offenders' anger control, impulsivity, social support, alcohol consumption, and offense seriousness. Participants changed in the intervention targets analyzed and risk of recidivism reduction played a central role in the prediction of reconviction.Evaluación de la disminución del riesgo de recaida en los programas de intervención con maltratadores: Indicador clave en la evaluación de la eficacia del programa R E S U M E N La evidencia sobre la eficacia de los programas de intervención para maltratadores es limitada. Los objetivos de este estudio son: (1) analizar el cambio en un conjunto de objetivos de intervención y su asociación con la reincidencia en un programa de intervención con maltratadores y (2) analizar características pretratamiento vinculadas con una mayor probabilidad de cambio. El diseño fue longitudinal con medidas pre-y post-tratamiento. Se utilizaron auto-informes, evaluaciones profesionales y datos oficiales de reincidencia. Los participantes fueron 212 agresores que acudían por mandato judicial a un programa de intervención. Se encontraron ganancias significativas en tres objetivos de la intervención (asunción de responsabilidad, gravedad percibida y reducción del riesgo de reincidencia). La puntuación en reducción del riesgo de reincidencia fue el mejor indicador de éxito. Este indicador predijo significativamente la reincidencia obteniendo el mayor tamaño del efecto. Un modelo estructural mostró que las puntuaciones de los agresores en control de la ira, impulsividad, apoyo social, consumo de alcohol y gravedad del delito predecían significativamente la reducción del riesgo de reincidencia. Los participantes ...

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Crime, Deterrence and Unemployment in England and Wales: An Empirical Analysis*

Cited by 47 publications

References 31 publications

Crime, inequality and unemployment in England and Wales

Crime, inequality and unemployment in England and Wales

Examining the link between crime and unemployment: a time-series analysis for Canada

Recidivism risk reduction assessment in batterer intervention programs: A key indicator for program efficacy evaluation

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