Understanding the relationship between the economy and crime: Canadian provinces, 1981-2009
International Journal of Social Economics
ISSN: 0306-8293
Article publication date: 11 September 2017
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the importance of multiple measures of the economy while investigating the role of the economy with crime, as well as the sensitivity of those results.
Design/methodology/approach
Provincial-level data, 1981-2009, and a series of statistical specifications.
Findings
The authors find overall support for the Cantor and Land’s (1985) model of unemployment and crime. The authors are also able to show the importance of considering multiple measures of economic activity and multiple statistical methods of analysis for the sensitivity of results.
Originality/value
Previous research has shown the importance of multiple measures of the economy but not multiple statistical methods as a sensitivity analysis. The authors provide such a sensitivity analysis and show that the Cantor and Land’s (1985) model has significant support.
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Citation
Jalles, J.T. and Andresen, M.A. (2017), "Understanding the relationship between the economy and crime: Canadian provinces, 1981-2009", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 44 No. 9, pp. 1268-1288. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-12-2015-0328
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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