NOTE ON THE EFFECTS OF POPULATION DENSITY AND UNEMPLOYMENT ON URBAN CRIME

• NCJ Number: 42113
• Journal: Criminology Volume: 15 Issue: 1 Dated: (MAY 1977) Pages: 105-116
• Author(s): T O KVALSETH
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 12 pages
• Corporate Author: Sage Publications, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS NOTE PRESENTS A BRIEF REVIEW OF REPORTED STUDIES ANALYZING THE EFFECTS THAT POPULATION DENSITY AND UNEMPLOYMENT MAY HAVE ON URBAN CRIME RATES.

Abstract

VERY FEW SUCH EMPIRICAL STUDIES HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED, AND THEIR FINDINGS HAVE BEEN QUITE CONTRADICTORY AND NOT ENTIRELY CONCLUSIVE. HOWEVER, FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF CRIMES, THE EVIDENCE SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HAS A POSITIVE EFFECT ON THE CRIME RATE, WHILE THE EFFECT OF POPULATION DENSITY, IF SIGNIFICANT AT ALL, IS A NEGATIVE ONE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT) ...KAP