@article{ref1,
title="Crime and Poverty: Some Experimental Evidence from Ex-Offenders",
journal="American sociological review",
year="1980",
author="Berk, Richard A. and Lenihan, Kenneth J. and Rossi, Peter H.",
volume="45",
number="5",
pages="766-786",
abstract="Building on perspectives from sociology, criminology, and economics, this article reports findings from a randomized experiment undertaken with over 2,000 ex-offenders in the states of Texas and Georgia in which unemployment benefits were extended to individuals immediately upon release from prison. The analysis focuses on the endogenous relationships (over a one-year follow-up period) between these &quot;transfer payments,&quot; unemployment, arrests for property and nonproperty crimes, and the resulting time spent in jail or prison. By and large, the hypotheses derived from a priori theory are supported by the data. (abstract Adapted from Source: American Sociological Review, 1980. Copyright © 1980 by the American Sociological Association)Ex-OffenderTexasCrime CausesPovertySocioeconomic FactorsUnemployment FactorsEmployment FactorsAdult CrimeAdult Offender07-02<p />",
language="en",
issn="0003-1224",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}