The relationship between unemployment and crime: A cross-sectional analysis employing the British Crime Survey 1992

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 17, Issue 6-7, 1996, Pages 81-88

  Elliott, Caroline ^a   Ellingworth, Dan ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crime; Men; Unemployment; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030514068     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437729610149358     Document Type: Review

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