CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Arthur Andersen, Organized Crime, White-Collar Crime
14 Mar 2013
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Nature of the workplace has changed significantly over last few decades. Better paying, full-time manufacturing jobs have been disappearing. Replaced by lower paying (often part-time) service jobs. Many theories of crime assume there is a relationship between unemployment and crime. Researchers have found a weak or even negative relationship between these two factors. Suggest that weak/negative relationship between unemployment and crime caused by fact that unemployed people have less disposable income. More likely to engage in leisure activities at home or within their own neighbourhoods. When at home, act to protect their property from would-be offenders. Employed teenagers are more likely to be involved in crime than unemployed teenagers. Away from home more often, have their own money, may have their own transportation. Police officers, prison guards, probation officers, nurses, mental health workers, and welfare workers. Regular contact with large numbers of strangers: Bartenders, hospitality workers (eg, waitresses), recreation workers (e. g, at amusement parks)
