CROSS-SECTIONAL ANALYSES OF SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF URBAN CRIME

• NCJ Number: 31916
• Journal: REVIEW OF SOCIAL ECONOMY Volume: 33 Dated: (OCTOBER 1975) Pages: 132-140
• Author(s): B V BECHDOLT
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: Assoc for Social Economics
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINT

Annotation

THIS PAPER PRESENTS THE RESULTS OF MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSES OF VIOLENT AND PROPERTY CRIME RATES IN LOS ANGELES AND CHICAGO, UNDERTAKEN TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF SEVERAL SOCIOECONOMIC VARIABLES ON CRIME RATES.

Abstract

DATA FOR THE LOS ANGELES STUDY CONSISTED OF THE CRIME RATES AMONG LOS ANGELES CENSUS TRACTS FOR 1960. DATA FOR THE SECOND ANALYSIS CONSISTED OF CRIME RATE FIGURES FOR THE POLICE DISTRICTS OF CHICAGO FOR THE YEAR, 1970. THE SOCIOECONOMIC VARIABLES STUDIED INCLUDED CROWDING, POPULATION DENSITY, EMPLOYMENT DENSITY, UNEMPLOYMENT, AND INCOME. THE PRINCIPAL FINDING OF BOTH THESE ANALYSES WAS THAT UNEMPLOYMENT, NOT THE LEVEL OF INCOME, WAS THE MOST RELEVANT DETERMINANT OF DIFFERENCES IN CRIME RATES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)