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846295
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Crutchfield, Robert D.
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| Title & Author
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Get a job : : labor markets, economic opportunity, and crime /\ Robert D. Crutchfield.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: NYU Press,, 2014.
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| Series Statement
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New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series
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1 online resource (xii, 290 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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1479829722
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: 9781479829729
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0814717071
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081471708X
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9780814717073
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9780814717080
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Modern Misérables: labor market influences on crime -- "Get a job": the connection between work and crime -- Why do they do it?: the potential for criminality -- "I don't want no damn slave job!": the effects of lack of employment opportunities -- "Life in the hood": how social context matters -- Lessons from the hole in the wall gang -- Toward a more general explanation of employment and crime -- A tale of my two cities.
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| Abstract
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Are the unemployed more likely to commit crimes? Does having a job make one less likely to commit a crime? Criminologists have found that individuals who are marginalized from the labor market are more likely to commit crimes, and communities with more members who are marginal to the labor market have higher rates of crime. Yet, as Robert Crutchfield explains, contrary to popular expectations, unemployment has been found to be an inconsistent predictor of either individual criminality or collective crime rates. In Get a Job, Crutchfield offers a carefully nuanced understanding of the links a.
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Crime-- Economic aspects-- United States.
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Discrimination in employment-- United States.
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Race relations-- Economic aspects.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Labor.
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Crime-- Economic aspects.
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Discrimination in employment.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Labor Industrial Relations.
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Race relations-- Economic aspects.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Criminology.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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331.5
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HD4903.5.U58 .C78 2014
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SOC004000SOC031000SOC026030bisacsh
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SOC026030.bisacsh
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