Ohtake, Fumio; Kohara, Miki - Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), … - 2010
results; however, the increase in poverty rates raises crime rates more than the increase in unemployment. Our empirical …This paper examines the effect of unemployment rates on crime rates, using two types of Japanese data: time-series data … in unemployment rates raises crime rates, while the number of police officers decreases them. It should be noted, however …