TY - JOUR
T1 - Income inequality, poverty and crime across nations
AU - Pare, Paul Philippe
AU - Felson, Richard
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 London School of Economics and Political Science.
PY - 2014/9/1
Y1 - 2014/9/1
N2 - We examine the relationship between income inequality, poverty, and different types of crime. Our results are consistent with recent research in showing that inequality is unrelated to homicide rates when poverty is controlled. In our multi-level analyses of the International Crime Victimization Survey we find that inequality is unrelated to assault, robbery, burglary, and theft when poverty is controlled. We argue that there are also theoretical reasons to doubt that the level of income inequality of a country affects the likelihood of criminal behaviour.
AB - We examine the relationship between income inequality, poverty, and different types of crime. Our results are consistent with recent research in showing that inequality is unrelated to homicide rates when poverty is controlled. In our multi-level analyses of the International Crime Victimization Survey we find that inequality is unrelated to assault, robbery, burglary, and theft when poverty is controlled. We argue that there are also theoretical reasons to doubt that the level of income inequality of a country affects the likelihood of criminal behaviour.
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U2 - 10.1111/1468-4446.12083
DO - 10.1111/1468-4446.12083
M3 - Article
C2 - 25251139
AN - SCOPUS:84927521554
SN - 0007-1315
VL - 65
SP - 434
EP - 458
JO - British Journal of Sociology
JF - British Journal of Sociology
IS - 3
ER -
