Research that investigate the extent of labor market prospects on crime rates focus on conditions in a region and crime … labor market in a region may attract non-residents, either professional criminals who travel only to commit crime or … individuals who migrate hoping to find a job and failing to do so may inclined to commit crime. Indeed, using regional data from …

Becker (1968) and Stigler (1970) provide the germinal works for an economic analysis of crime. The approach they … outlined has been utilised to consider the response of crime rates to a range of economic, criminal and socioeconomic factors … observed pattern of crime. This paper builds on a recent publication in the literature (McIntyre & Lacombe 2012), and using the …

areas through elements of poverty and crime. As such, the degradation process is rendered visible on the basis of social … of the squatters as the origins of poverty and crime will be rendered debatable within the perspective of urban … that this area has been attracting attention for years due to its increasing poverty and crime rates, brought about urban …

neighbourhoods within its boundaries, where crime rates are higher and poverty is spread. These are often the more ethnic diverse … regeneration. Empirical studies have shown the direct link between low social capital, higher crime rates and the perception of …