ECONOMIC FACTORS AND THE RATE OF CRIME (FROM ECONOMICS OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, 1976 BY LEE R MCPHETERS AND WILLIAM B STRONGE - SEE NCJ-37726)

• NCJ Number: 37735
• Author(s): J P ALLISON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: Charles C. Thomas
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS PAPER PRESENTS THE RESULTS OF A STUDY TESTING STATISTICALLY MEASURABLE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN 1960 CENSUS DATA FOR CHICAGO AND CERTAIN SELECTED SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS.

Abstract

SOME OF THE FACTORS CONSIDERED WERE DENSITY AND SIZE OF POPULATION; COMPOSITION OF THE POPULATION WITH REGARD TO AGE, SEX, AND RACE; ECONOMIC STATUS; AND CLIMATE. DATA USED WERE FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND THOSE COMMUNITIES WITHIN A 40 MILE RADIUS WHICH HAD A 1960 POPULATION OF 25,000 OR GREATER. THE APPARATUS USED TO PROCESS THE DATA AND TO TEST THE FACTORS WAS A STEPWISE LINEAR REGRESSION PROGRAM. THE DATA INDICATED THAT THE CRIME RATE OF A COMMUNITY IS HIGHLY RELATED TO THE PERCENTAGE OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE POPULATION AND TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE.