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On Being Unemployed and Being a Victim of Crime—Rejoinder to Brown
Author(s) -
Braithwaite John,
Biles David
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1980.tb00691.x
Subject(s) - publishing , citation , criminology , sociology , project commissioning , law , library science , computer science , political science
The results of the first Australian National Crime Victims Survey concerning the socio-economic status of victims of crime in Australia are discussed. While the findings on occupational status and household income are somewhat equivocal, the data show a strikingly higher rate of criminal victimization among the unemployed tor a number of types of crime. The unemployed, spending a large proportion of their lives in public rather than private space, may paradoxically be more likely to be both victimized by criminals and victimized by the police.