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Title: Why Do So Many Young Americans Commit Crimes and What Might We Do About It?
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Freeman, Richard B. |
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Why Do So Many Young Americans Commit Crimes and What Might We Do About It? Journal of Economic Perspectives 10,1 (Winter 1996): 25-42. Also: http://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/jep.10.1.25 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: American Economic Association Keyword(s): Education; Illegal Activities; Income Dynamics/Shocks; Labor Economics; Labor Market, Secondary Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This essay examines the following questions. What induces young American men, particularly less educated and black men, to engage in crime in large numbers despite the risk of imprisonment? Is the rising rate of criminal involvement related to the collapse in the job market for the less skilled? Is "locking them up" the only efficacious way to fight crime? It shows that participation in crime and involvement with the criminal justice system has reached such levels as to become part of normal economic life for many young men. Evidence is presented that labor market incentives influence the level of crime and that the depressed labor market for less skilled men in the 1980s and l990s has contributed to the rise in crime. |
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Freeman, Richard B. "Why Do So Many Young Americans Commit Crimes and What Might We Do About It?" Journal of Economic Perspectives 10,1 (Winter 1996): 25-42.
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