Unemployment, Economic Theory, and Property Crime: A Note on Measurement

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 443-455

  Chamlin, Mitchell B ^a   Cochran, John K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

ARIMA; Operationalization; Property crime; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034559247     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007599232183     Document Type: Article

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