This article might be worth discussing in more detail. Max, is it on the EPI
web?
Richardson_D wrote:
> BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 2000
>
> An important but frequently overlooked factor in the nationwide decline in
> crime over the past few years has been the corresponding decline in the
> unemployment rate, writes Bob Herbert in his "In America" column (New York
> Times, op-ed page). Aggressive policing and long prison sentences get most
> of the attention. ... Now a study by a pair of Washington economists, Jared
> Bernstein and Ellen Houston, appears to confirm that a job is one of the
> most effective weapons in the nation's crime-fighting arsenal. ... The
> study by the Economic Policy Institute looked at crime rates and employment
> statistics in several regions of the country between 1989 and 1998 and found
> evidence to support that theory. ... The study looked specifically at
> unemployment rates for young men. ...
>
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