The Scandinavian journal of economics, 2011-06, Vol.113 (2), p.260-285
2011
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Unemployment and Right-wing Extremist Crime
- Ist Teil von
- The Scandinavian journal of economics, 2011-06, Vol.113 (2), p.260-285
- Ort / Verlag
- Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2011
- Quelle
- Business Source Ultimate
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- It is frequently argued that unemployment plays a crucial role in the occurrence of right-wing extremist crimes (RECs). We test this hypothesis empirically using data from Germany. We find that right-wing criminal activities occur more frequently when unemployment is high. The substantial difference in the numbers of RECs occurring in the East and West German states can mostly be attributed to differences in unemployment. This finding reinforces the importance of unemployment as an explanatory factor for RECs, and it questions explanations based solely on the different socialization in former communist East Germany and the liberal West German states.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0347-0520, 1467-9442eISSN: 1467-9442DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2011.01648.xTitel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_927678934
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- cost of unemployment, Criminals, Criminology, Employment statistics, Extreme Right, Extremism, Germany, Hate crime, Hate crimes, J15, J69, K42, Nazism, Nonviolent crimes, Political extremism, Radical groups, Regions, right-wing extremism, Social economics, Socialization, Studies, Unemployment, Unemployment rates, Violence, Violent crimes, Violent extremism, Youth unemployment