عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
IR
344T
انگلیسی
IR
The impact of globalization and technological innovations on crime and punishment in the United States, 1945--2007
[Thesis]
;supervisor: Batton, Candice
University of Nebraska at Omaha: United States -- Nebraska
: 2010
216 pages
Ph.D.
, University of Nebraska at Omaha: United States -- Nebraska
Following WWII, the U.S. was characterized by unprecedented prosperity and growth in America's middle class. Eventually there was the shift from an industrial to a post-industrial society due to globalization and technological innovations, which have driven the rise in economic inequality during the late post-WWII period. This economic reconstructing has had an impact on other social institutions and relations, such as jobs, education, families, crime, and punishment. Of particular interest in this study are broad scale changes in economic conditions and their impact on crime and incarceration rates. This is an empirical question that has not yet been addressed in the criminological literature.Using a conflict-oriented theoretical perspective and econometric modeling techniques, I examine the impact of globalization, technological innovations, and other economic conditions (male nonlabor force participation, inequality, and unemployment) on U.S. crime and incarceration rates. In addition, globalization and technological innovations are also conceptualized as historical context and assess whether they influence the manner in which other independent variables affect crime and incarceration rates between the early and late post-WWII periods.The findings of the current study offer no simple, consistent answer to the question concerning the impacts of economic conditions on crime and incarceration rates. First, two primary independent variables that pertain to changes in the mode of production are not significant. Second, male nonlabor force participation and income inequality are critical determinants of variation in crime and incarceration rates, respectively. Third, I fail to find evidence of the historical contingency of the relationship between crime, incarceration, and other economic conditions between the two time periods (1945-1974 and 1975-2007) during post-WWII. Finally, I discuss implications of the study for policy development and future research in the final chapter.
Criminology
Crime
Economic conditions
Globalization
Incarceration
Technological innovations
Kim, Dae-Young
Batton, Candice, supervisor
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