Detroit Crime Trends: Examining Large Business Labor Practices

<p>This study examines the relationship between the changes in large company employment of the top twenty-five large businesses in Detroit and the crime rate from 2012 to 2014. Previous research has asserted that a significant correlation exists between unemployment and crime but does not investigate the effects of large company employment in a city in relation to crime. This study seeks to fill this gap and address the relationship between changes in large company employment, relative to conditions of social disorganization, and changes in the crime rate. It builds upon Blau and Blau’s (1982) work on the structural contributors to social disorganization, namely unemployment. Unlike previous studies examined, this study will use Social Disorganization Theory to provide a theoretical framework and will concentrate solely on Detroit. This secondary data is analyzed using logistic regression, which raises unexpected methodological questions.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Criminal Justice

Year dc:date.available

2017

Author dc:creator

• McGuire, Sarah R.

Contributors dc:contributor

• <p>Robert Grantham (chair)</p> <p>Jennifer Hartsfield</p> <p>Carolyn Petrosino</p>

• Criminology
• social disorganization
• unemployment and crime
• Detroit

Repository record dc:identifier

https://vc.bridgew.edu/theses/51

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vc.bridgew.edu:theses-1052