TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Income inequality, poverty and crime across nations
JO  - British journal of sociology
A1  - Pare, Paul-Philippe
A1  - Felson, Richard B.
SP  - 434
EP  - 458
VL  - 65
IS  - 3
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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0007-1315
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.12083
ID  - ref1
ER  -