Link between unemployment and crime in the US: A Markov-Switching approach

•We examine link between unemployment and property crimes in the US.•Relationship is positive but insignificant for burglary, larceny, and robbery.•More motor-vehicle thefts occur during economic expansions relative to contractions.•During recession, links between unemployment and property crimes ar...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Social science research 2014-05, Vol.45, p.33-45
Hauptverfasser:	Fallahi, Firouz, Rodríguez, Gabriel
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Burglary Business cycles Concordance Correlation analysis Crime Crime - economics Crime Rates Criminology Economic Recession History of medicine and histology Humans Larceny Markov analysis Markov-Switching models Motor Vehicles Property Recessions Robbery Social science research Theft - economics U.S.A Unemployment Unemployment Rates United States United States of America
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