Fallahi, Firouz; Pourtaghi, Hamed; Rodríguez, Gabriel - In: International Journal of Social Economics 39 (2012) 6, pp. 440-448
Purpose – The paper aims to study the effect of the unemployment rate and its volatility on crime in the USA. It proposes that not only the unemployment rate, but also its volatility affect the crime. Design/methodology/approach – First, the volatility of the unemployment rate is calculated...