The Changing Relationship between Income and Crime Victimization

This paper explores changes in the relationship betweenrace, income, and criminal victimization over time. Interestin this question is motivated by the widening incomedistribution of the last two decades. Between 1980 and1994, the share of income earned by the top 5 percentof American families increased from 15.3 percent to 20.1 percent.Families in the bottom quintile saw their share ofincome fall from 5.1 percent to 4.2 percent.[...]

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Year of publication:	1999-09-01
Authors:	Levitt, Steven D.
Institutions:	Federal Reserve Bank <New York, NY>
Published in:	London School of Economics and Political Science - Publications FRBNY ECONOMIC POLICY REVIEW / SEPTEMBER 1999, 87-98
Subject:	Kriminalität \| Criminality \| Quote \| Einkommensverteilung \| Einkommen \| income \| betrügen \| cheating

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Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Classification:	Pay salaries and social benefits ; Market research ; Individual Articles ; No country specification
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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