Testing effects of hospitality employment on property crime in the United States

Bianchi, Giuliano; Yong, Chen

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“…The association between unemployment and crime has been widely examined in literature (41,42), with most studies finding that property crime was the most common (41). In the current study, about 56% of the migrant patients with schizophrenia were unemployed, while up to 83% of the non-migrant patients were unemployed at the time of their offense.…”

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Migration, Schizophrenia, and Crime: A Study From a Forensic Psychiatric Sample

Wang

et al. 2022

Front. Psychiatry

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BackgroundThe association between mental health problems and crime in immigrants has attracted recent academic interest, with results suggesting that there were possible interactions between immigration, schizophrenia, and criminal behavior. However, very few studies have examined these interactions, especially in developing countries that have mass internal immigration. Therefore, this study sought to identify the associations between the sociodemographic, clinical, and criminal factors in migrants and non-migrants with schizophrenia who had been involved in criminal activities in China.MethodsForensic archives of suspects who had been referred for criminal responsibility assessments in the Sichuan West China Forensic Center from January 2015 to December 2019 were reviewed. The sociodemographic, and criminal activity information of the suspects were extracted, while the clinical and social function were measured by the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) and Social Disability Screening Schedule (SDSS) based on the archives. A Chi-squared test, a T-test, a Mann-Whitney U test, and Multinomial logistic regression were employed for the statistical analysis.ResultsA total of 552 patients were reviewed and evaluated, 17.2% (n = 95) of which were migrants. The migrant patient group was younger than the non-migrant patient group. The BPRS and SDSS scores for the migrant patient group were lower than for the non-migrant patient group. The migrant patient group had more work experience and more had been employed at the time of the crime than the non-migrant patient group. The unemployed migrant patients were more likely to commit a property-related crime.ConclusionsCompared to the non-migrant schizophrenia patient group, the migrant patient group had less severe psychiatric symptoms and less social function impairments. Employment was an important factor in preventing criminality in patients with schizophrenia, especially for migrant patients. Vocational rehabilitation focuses on developing appropriate employment that can significantly assist in schizophrenia patient recovery, which in turn could reduce their chances of committing crime. Besides, reducing other obstacles to stigma, housing and health insurance would also be beneficial to crime reduction.

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Migration, Schizophrenia, and Crime: A Study From a Forensic Psychiatric Sample

Wang

et al. 2022

Front. Psychiatry

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“…Juveniles who do not receive the discipline of conscience in their families can only be reintegrated into society in this way. On the other hand, the legal earning availability should be improved for the crime-induced territories (Apel and Horney, 2017; Bianchi and Chen, 2022). Investors can be attracted by establishing high-security industrial zones in crime-ridden areas and providing necessary incentives.…”

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An investigation on the natural rate of crime rates with Fourier panel unit root test in selected emerging economies

Uzuner

Yıldız²,

Mercan

et al. 2022

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PurposeThe specific objective of the study is to investigate the presence of natural rate of crime rates in selected emerging economies by using panel unit roots. The majority of the literature examines the issue using conventional unit root tests in a country-specific context. Meanwhile, there is no panel unit root investigation has been undertaken considering both cross-sectional dependence (CD) and structural changes.Design/methodology/approachAs a result, this study is to fill the aforementioned gap and validate the natural rate of crime rates for 10 countries by using a Fourier panel unit root test. The advantage of the test is that structural shifts are modelled as gradual or smooth changes with a Fourier approximation, and it also accounts cross-sectional dependency. Thus, the Fourier panel unit root test may have better performance in capturing potential changes in the nature of data.FindingsThe result of the conventional unit roots test shows evidence of the hysteresis effect in crime, as it stands does not adequately account for smooth transitions or breaks. On contrary, the Fourier panel unit root test confirms the natural rate hypothesis in crime rates. The present results highlight the detrimental effects of crime cannot be abated by short-run deterrence policies.Originality/valueContrary to previous studies, the theoretical implications of the study imply that the empirical models consider the dynamic nature of crime rates should account for natural rate properties instead of the hysteresis assumption.

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Editorial of the special issue on “Sports and Tourism: Economic Impacts”

Nicolau

2021

Tourism Economics

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Testing effects of hospitality employment on property crime in the United States

Cited by 3 publications

References 76 publications

Migration, Schizophrenia, and Crime: A Study From a Forensic Psychiatric Sample

Migration, Schizophrenia, and Crime: A Study From a Forensic Psychiatric Sample

An investigation on the natural rate of crime rates with Fourier panel unit root test in selected emerging economies

Editorial of the special issue on “Sports and Tourism: Economic Impacts”

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