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An 8 page paper that discusses the correlation between unemployment rates and property crime rates. The conclusions of several research studies are presented. The writer then reviews the unemployment rates between 1960 and 2000 by decade and also the property crime rates for those same years. A scattergram is plotted and conclusion drawn. Bibliography lists 6 sources. Includes data, 1 Table, 1 graphic illustration.
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is plotted and conclusion drawn. Bibliography lists 6 sources. PGunmpc.rtf THE EFFECT OF UNEMPLOYMENT ON PROPERTY CRIME RATE , November 2003 for
more information on using this paper properly! Merlo and Rupert report a significant and steady reduction in crime between 1980 and 1996, during which time the economy was strong
(2001). The crime rate per 100 persons was 5.95 in 1980 and 5.09 in 1996 (Imrohoro, Merlo and Rupert, 2001). About 90 percent of all crimes are property crimes, this
rate plummeted from 17 per 100 people in 1980 to 4.65 in 1996 (Imrohoro, Merlo and Rupert, 2001). Merlo and Rupert suggest there are a number of reasons for this
phenomenon: * Most crimes are committed by youth and the proportion of youth, ages 15 to 25, in the U.S. has declined from 20.5 percent in 1980 to 15.1 percent
in 1996 (Imrohoro, Merlo and Rupert, 2001). * Law enforcement expenditures have risen from 0.6 percent of GDP in 1980 to 0.7 percent in 1996 (Imrohoro, Merlo and Rupert, 2001).
* The definition of property crime differs by agency or investigator. Imrohoro, Merlo and Rupert, for instance, include "burglary, larceny, robbery and motor vehicle theft", the FBIs definition does not
include robbery but does include arson (Imrohoro, Merlo and Rupert, 2001). Merlo and Rupert also note that some investigators have made a link between abortion and crime rate because it
changes the "youth cohort of the 1990s by eliminating unwanted children" (Imrohoro, Merlo and Rupert, 2001). Between 1980 and 1996, "average real earnings" increased by about 10 percent (Imrohoro, Merlo
and Rupert, 2001). Unemployment rates decreased during those same years (Imrohoro, Merlo and Rupert, 2001). Other factors that need to be considered include an increasing inequality of income distribution over
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