Does Unemployment Increase Crime?: Evidence from U.S. Data 1974-2000

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Status Concerns as a Motive for Crime? (2015, background): “…specific kinds of crime are undertaken for material gain, that is, to generate additional income for consumption (e.g., Foley 2011, Grogger 1998, Lin 2008, Raphael and Winter-Ebmer 2001, Williams and Sickles 2002).1 With respect to such criminal acts, the standard approach in the literature…”
Good Jobs and Recidivism (2018, methodology): “An in-depth study of the California parole system during 2003 and 2004 by Grattet, Petersilia and Lin (2008) found that 84 percent of the parolees who returned to prison committed at least one criminal violation.18 14Good behavior time can be up to 50 percent for nonviolent offenders and 15 percent…”
Saving Human Lives: What Complexity Science and Information Systems can Contribute (2014, unknown): “Beside structural factors, such as unemployment [48, 49] and economic deprivation [50], a number of studies have highlighted the influence of demography [51], youth culture [52, 53], social institutions [54] and urban development [55].”