Urban Poverty, Public Assistance, and Murder in the U.S.: Questioning the Paradox of Social Responsibility.

Urban Poverty, Public Assistance, and Murder in the U.S.: Questioning the Paradox of Social Responsibility.

Several politicians and social commentators have suggested that attempts to further the social integration of disadvantaged populations have instead resulted in the increased isolation of these groups from the dominant culture. In particular, many argue that the welfare policies of the last few deca...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hannon, Lance Edward.
Format: Villanova Faculty Authorship
Language:English
Published: 1999
Online Access:http://ezproxy.villanova.edu/login?url=https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:176726
id vudl:176726
record_format vudl
institution Villanova University
collection Digital Library
modeltype_str_mv vudl-system:CoreModel
vudl-system:ResourceCollection
vudl-system:CollectionModel
datastream_str_mv PARENT-LIST
MEMBER-LIST-RAW
MEMBER-QUERY
PARENT-QUERY
DC
AUDIT
AGENTS
RELS-EXT
PARENT-LIST-RAW
LICENSE
PROCESS-MD
hierarchytype
hierarchy_all_parents_str_mv vudl:176692
vudl:172968
vudl:641262
vudl:3
vudl:1
sequence_vudl_176692_str 0000000012
hierarchy_top_id vudl:641262
hierarchy_top_title Villanova Faculty Publications
fedora_parent_id_str_mv vudl:176692
hierarchy_first_parent_id_str vudl:176726
hierarchy_parent_id vudl:176692
hierarchy_parent_title Hannon Lance
hierarchy_sequence_sort_str 0000000012
hierarchy_sequence 0000000012
spelling Urban Poverty, Public Assistance, and Murder in the U.S.: Questioning the Paradox of Social Responsibility.
Hannon, Lance Edward.
Several politicians and social commentators have suggested that attempts to further the social integration of disadvantaged populations have instead resulted in the increased isolation of these groups from the dominant culture. In particular, many argue that the welfare policies of the last few decades have only succeeded in convincing the poor that they are unable to participate in the American Dream and that society is to blame for their economic woes. Increased rates of criminal activity among the lower-class, in spite of substantial efforts to reduce poverty and discrimination, is taken as support for the belief that welfare causes crime. In an effort to empirically evaluate this claim, this dissertation examines the conditioning impact of welfare benefits on the relationship between the size of the disadvantaged population and urban homicide rates. Hypotheses are tested with Census and FBI data for central cities and metropolitan counties. The results strongly contradict the notion that attempts to alleviate economic deprivation have been criminogenic and offer moderate support for the view that anti-poverty policies have served to limit the occurrence of violent street crime.
1999
Villanova Faculty Authorship
vudl:176726
Dissertation.
en
dc.title_txt_mv Urban Poverty, Public Assistance, and Murder in the U.S.: Questioning the Paradox of Social Responsibility.
dc.creator_txt_mv Hannon, Lance Edward.
dc.description_txt_mv Several politicians and social commentators have suggested that attempts to further the social integration of disadvantaged populations have instead resulted in the increased isolation of these groups from the dominant culture. In particular, many argue that the welfare policies of the last few decades have only succeeded in convincing the poor that they are unable to participate in the American Dream and that society is to blame for their economic woes. Increased rates of criminal activity among the lower-class, in spite of substantial efforts to reduce poverty and discrimination, is taken as support for the belief that welfare causes crime. In an effort to empirically evaluate this claim, this dissertation examines the conditioning impact of welfare benefits on the relationship between the size of the disadvantaged population and urban homicide rates. Hypotheses are tested with Census and FBI data for central cities and metropolitan counties. The results strongly contradict the notion that attempts to alleviate economic deprivation have been criminogenic and offer moderate support for the view that anti-poverty policies have served to limit the occurrence of violent street crime.
dc.date_txt_mv 1999
dc.format_txt_mv Villanova Faculty Authorship
dc.identifier_txt_mv vudl:176726
dc.source_txt_mv Dissertation.
dc.language_txt_mv en
author Hannon, Lance Edward.
spellingShingle Hannon, Lance Edward.
Urban Poverty, Public Assistance, and Murder in the U.S.: Questioning the Paradox of Social Responsibility.
author_facet Hannon, Lance Edward.
dc_source_str_mv Dissertation.
format Villanova Faculty Authorship
author_sort Hannon, Lance Edward.
dc_date_str 1999
dc_title_str Urban Poverty, Public Assistance, and Murder in the U.S.: Questioning the Paradox of Social Responsibility.
description Several politicians and social commentators have suggested that attempts to further the social integration of disadvantaged populations have instead resulted in the increased isolation of these groups from the dominant culture. In particular, many argue that the welfare policies of the last few decades have only succeeded in convincing the poor that they are unable to participate in the American Dream and that society is to blame for their economic woes. Increased rates of criminal activity among the lower-class, in spite of substantial efforts to reduce poverty and discrimination, is taken as support for the belief that welfare causes crime. In an effort to empirically evaluate this claim, this dissertation examines the conditioning impact of welfare benefits on the relationship between the size of the disadvantaged population and urban homicide rates. Hypotheses are tested with Census and FBI data for central cities and metropolitan counties. The results strongly contradict the notion that attempts to alleviate economic deprivation have been criminogenic and offer moderate support for the view that anti-poverty policies have served to limit the occurrence of violent street crime.
title Urban Poverty, Public Assistance, and Murder in the U.S.: Questioning the Paradox of Social Responsibility.
title_full Urban Poverty, Public Assistance, and Murder in the U.S.: Questioning the Paradox of Social Responsibility.
title_fullStr Urban Poverty, Public Assistance, and Murder in the U.S.: Questioning the Paradox of Social Responsibility.
title_full_unstemmed Urban Poverty, Public Assistance, and Murder in the U.S.: Questioning the Paradox of Social Responsibility.
title_short Urban Poverty, Public Assistance, and Murder in the U.S.: Questioning the Paradox of Social Responsibility.
title_sort urban poverty, public assistance, and murder in the u.s.: questioning the paradox of social responsibility.
publishDate 1999
normalized_sort_date 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z
language English
collection_title_sort_str urban poverty, public assistance, and murder in the u.s.: questioning the paradox of social responsibility.
fgs.lastModifiedDate_txt_mv 2021-04-12T19:15:30.648Z
relsext.hasModel_txt_mv http://hades.library.villanova.edu:8080/rest/vudl-system:CoreModel
http://hades.library.villanova.edu:8080/rest/vudl-system:ResourceCollection
http://hades.library.villanova.edu:8080/rest/vudl-system:CollectionModel
fgs.state_txt_mv Active
relsext.isMemberOf_txt_mv http://hades.library.villanova.edu:8080/rest/vudl:176692
fgs.createdBy_txt_mv fedoraAdmin
fgs.type_txt_mv http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#BasicContainer
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#Resource
http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#Resource
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#RDFSource
http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#Container
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#Container
fgs.label_txt_mv "Urban Poverty, Public Assistance, and Murder in the U.S.: Questioning the Paradox of Social Responsibility."
relsext.sequence_txt_mv vudl:176692#12
fgs.createdDate_txt_mv 2019-10-01T19:47:40.078Z
fgs.ownerId_txt_mv diglibEditor
fgs.lastModifiedBy_txt_mv fedoraAdmin
relsext.sortOn_txt_mv title
has_order_str no
agent.name_txt_mv Falvey Memorial Library, Villanova University
KHL
license.mdRef_str http://digital.library.villanova.edu/copyright.html
license_str protected
has_thumbnail_str false
first_indexed 2014-01-11T22:53:21Z
last_indexed 2021-04-12T19:57:11Z
_version_ 1755654027264131072
subpages

Similar Items