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Economic Downturns and Crime

U.S. Congressional Research Service.
Available online.
"The troubled state of the economy has revived the long- standing debate concerning whether economic factors can be linked to increases in the nation's crime rates. This report examines the available research on how selected economic variables may or may not be related to crime rates."
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Posted by Dick Grefe on September 15, 2009 10:20 AM |

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