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Justice Policy Institute Brief Links Crime, Wages and Unemployment
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2008
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2008, page 32
by Matt Clarke
Filed under:
Commentary/Reviews,
Reviews,
Crime,
Rehabilitation/Recidivism.
Location:
United States of America.
On October 1, 2007, the Justice Policy Institute (JPI), a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, published a research brief linking crime rates to wages and unemployment levels. In general terms, JPI found that higher crime rates occur when unemployment rates rise and that increases in wages lead to ...
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