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Modeling Employment and Crime Relationships

NCJ Number
104357
Journal
Social Science Quarterly Volume: 67 Issue: 4 Dated: (December 1986) Pages: 767-784
Author(s)
M A Pirog-Good
Date Published
1986
Length
18 pages
Annotation
Relationships between employment and crime are examined in the light of the biases introduced by various modeling techniques.
Abstract
The period of analysis and method of estimation are shown to affect empirical results. Also, models which are estimated separately for different races are shown to be substantially different from one another. (Author abstract)

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