Identifying crime correlates in a developing society : a study of socio-economic and socio-demographic contributions to crime in Jamaica, 1950-1984
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Identifying crime correlates in a developing society : a study of socio-economic and socio-demographic contributions to crime in Jamaica, 1950-1984
（American university studies, Series XI,
P. Lang, c1991
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-289)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Aware that special features of Third World crime such as underdevelopment and Dependency are largely ignored in Criminological Literature, the author has adopted a structuralist framework for the explanation of socio-economic, socio-demographic and crime linkages observed during 31/2 decades of crime increase in Jamaica.Identifying Crime Correlates follows simple but rigorously applied statistical procedures which are relevant in situations where data based on official record-keeping are assumed to lack sophistication. Conclusions challenge the general applicability of criminological theories developed for advanced societies.
Table of Contents
Contents: This book features (a) the use of de-trending correlation and regression techniques to establish crime correlates (GDP, FPI, AGE, Police) in Jamaica (b) the explanation of discernable linkages in the framework of socio-cultural and situational contengencies. Crimes considered are Shooting, Robbery, Burglary, Total Crime reported.
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