Vera Institute of Justice

Overview

The research reported in this 1982 dissertation analyzes the relationships between human capital, labor market structure, and crime. It tests the relative explanatory power of neo-classical choice theory and labor market segmentation theory on the determinants of labor market outcomes, criminal behavior, and their interaction. The author concludes that the criminal choice decision is a highly complex and multiattributed one, and that the predictions of economic theory do not adequately capture the multiplicity of factors involved in crime.