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The discussion below stems from work on an ESRC funded research project which examined trends in crime and punishment in England and Wales. The aim of the project was to use econometric techniques for the analysis of time series data to build statistical models of these trends and to interpret the results of the modelling in the light of broader social, economic and political change. Results capturing both long-run and short-run changes in recorded property crime — burglary, theft and robbery — will be presented and it will be argued that one possible explanation of these may be found in the fundamental shifts which have taken place in the economy, and in particular the changing structure of employment, in the last fifty years.
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Hale, C. (1999). The Labour Market and Post-war Crime Trends in England and Wales. In: Carlen, P., Morgan, R. (eds) Crime Unlimited? Questions for the 21st Century. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14708-3_3
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