SOCIAL ALTRUISM AND CRIME*

Mitchell B. Chamlin · John K. Cochran

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Crime Patterns and Interventions Criminal Justice and Penology Crime, Deviance, and Social Control

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Drawing on the theoretical statements of Braithwaite (1989), Cullen (1994), Messner and Rosenfeld (1994), this research examines the influence of social altruism on the level of crime for a sample of U.S. cities. The multivariate analyses clearly indicate that the ratio of contributions to the United Way to aggregate city income, a behavioral approximation of the cultural value of altruism, is inversely related to property and violent crime rates. The implications of these findings for the reduction of crime are discussed.

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