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- Title
The effects of the second Intifada, terrorist acts, and economic changes on adolescent crime rates in Israel: A research note.
- Authors
Sela-Shayovitz, Revital
- Abstract
Designed as a field quasi-experiment, this study analyzes the differences in Jewish adolescent crime rates before and after the inception of the second Intifada (September, 2000). Data covers the years between 1996 and 2003. The study focused on the relationship between the number of terrorist acts, the number of deaths in these acts, economic changes, and crime rates (murder, manslaughter, assault, mugging and robbery and property-related). The findings of the study were analyzed in terms of current theories on the impact of social and security-related stress on adolescents. The results show that the second Intifada has had significant effects on male adolescent crime rates. In particular, the number of terrorist acts was significantly associated with the following offences: assault, robbery, and manslaughter. No significant differences were found for adolescent female crime rates. Economic changes were significantly negatively related both to male adolescent crime for all the offences studied, as well as to property-related female offences.
- Subjects
AL-Aqsa Intifada, 2000-2005; JUVENILE offenders; JEWISH teenagers; TERRORISM; CRIME
- Publication
Journal of Experimental Criminology, 2005, Vol 1, Issue 4, p477
- ISSN
1573-3750
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11292-005-3539-1