NCJ Number
124468
Journal
Criminal Justice Review Volume: 15 Issue: 1 Dated: (Spring 1990) Pages: 64-78
Date Published
1990
Length
15 pages
Annotation
This study explores the relationship between the rates and patterns of crime and various socioeconomic factors in a cross-national context.
Abstract
Using Interpol crime data and socioeconomic statistics of 44 countries, multivariate analyses were conducted for three separate time periods. The findings indicate that larceny and murder rates relate differently to socioeconomic variables, indicating that modernization does not have a uniform effect on the various offense patterns. Across time, however, some of the relationships and predictive powers of the various socioeconomic factors concerning crime may change. 6 tables, 58 references and 1 appendix. (Author abstract)