Economics of Race and Crime

Name: Economics of Race and Crime
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The relationship between crime and the economy has received too little attention from researchers. This volume remedies that deficit, resurrecting writings on the topic by and about blacks, with contributions by researchers at the frontier of work on the subject. > The relationship between crime and the economy has received too little attention from researchers. This volume remedies that deficit, resurrecting several classic writings on this elusive topic by and about blacks, and presenting new contributions by researchers at the frontier of work on the subject.Among the landmark articles included are W.E.B. Dubois' famous examination of crime in Philadelphia, an analysis of black criminal behavior by Walter Willcox, who was chief statistician of the Census Bureau at the time he wrote this essay, and excerpts from the ninth Atlanta Conference on Negro Crime. The frontier articles use quality microdata to understand particular aspects of criminal justice processes. They address thes