Get a Job : : Labor Markets, Economic Opportunity, and Crime / / Robert D. Crutchfield.
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 ha...
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