Economic Conditions and Social Control - An Empirical Assessment of the Relationship Between Unemployment and Incarceration in the USA, 1958 to 1978

• NCJ Number: 89487
• Journal: Criminal Justice Review Volume: 8 Issue: 1 Dated: (Spring 1983) Pages: 43-53
• Author(s): O Marenin; A W Pisciotta; T J Juliani
• Date Published: 1983
• Length: 6 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
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Annotation

This study examines the relationships of economy to social control from 1958-78 at the level of the States rather than the United States as a whole.

Abstract

The analysis demonstrates that linkages between unemployment and incarceration vary from State to State. Therefore, analyses using data for the United States as a whole hide more than they reveal and cannot be generalized to less inclusive levels of analysis. The study recommends that further analyses be more inclusive in their conceptualization of economic conditions and social control, and examine the operations of social control in more context-specific settings. Footnotes, data tables, and 43 references are provided. (Author abstract modified)