The Economics of Race and Crime

ISBN-13: 9781138535381 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 220 str.

Jr. Myers

Opis

The relationship between crime and the economy has received too little attention from researchers. This volume remedies that deficit, resurrecting writings on the topic by and about blacks, with contributions by researchers at the frontier of work on the subject.

Spis treści

About the Authors, Preface, Introduction, The Negro Criminal, Negro Criminality, Negro Crime, Negro Criminality in the South, The Negro and the Problem of Law Observance and Administration in the Light of Social Science Research, Inequality of Justice, The Relation of Criminal Activity to Black Youth Employment, The Simultaneous Probit Model of Crime and Employment for Black and White Teenage Males, Rational Choice Models of Crime by Youth, Unemployment and Racial Differences in Imprisonment, Political Business Cycles and Imprisonment Rates in Italy: Report on Work in Progress, Comments, Crime and Employment Research: A Continuing Deadlock

O autorze

Samuel L. Myers, Jr. is professor of economics and director of the Afro-American Studies Program at the University of Maryland, College Park. Dr Myers specializes in applied microeconomics and has published widely on the economics of crime, black/white income inequality, welfare and poverty. Margaret C. Simms is deputy director of research at the Joint Center for Political Studies in Washington, D.C. She has conducted research on black/white income, welfare issues, and education and employment and training, especially for youth. From 1983 to 1988, Dr. Simms served as editor of The Review of Black Political Economy.