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Now Serving Part Two Crimes: Testing the Relationship Between Welfare Spending and Property Crimes

Bowling Green State University

Studies that examine the effects of welfare, specifically the program of Aid to Families of Dependent Children (AFDC), have primarily examined the relationship between public assistance spending and index, or part one, offenses. In general, the results of past studies have found a negative relationship between welfare and serious crime rates. To date, however, few studies have examined the effects of welfare on the more prevalent part two crimes. Given that previous examinations have found an inverse relationship between index crimes and welfare spending, changes in levels of spending could potentially affect both categories of crime in unwanted directions. As such, this study examined both part one and part two property crimes in relation to welfare spending from 1980 to 1990 in Kentucky counties. Significant positive findings were observed between AFDC spending and part two property crimes.

Key Words: welfare spending • property crimes • part two offenses

Criminal Justice Policy Review, Vol. 16, No. 3, 360-384 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0887403405274782


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