R. Gregory Dunaway|Francis T. Cullen|Velmer S. Burton|T. David Evans
THE MYTH OF SOCIAL CLASS AND CRIME REVISITED: AN EXAMINATION OF CLASS AND ADULT CRIMINALITY*
Mississippi State University|University of Cincinnati|Southeast Missouri State University|University of North Carolina Wilmington
although recent empirical research questions conclusion crime highest lower class empirical literature plagued limited measures social class crime failure study systematically effect social class crime adult general population present work undertaken attempt rectify many inadequacies classcrime research selfreport data collected general population adult residents large midwestern city analyzed assess effects wide range class measures crime measures overall results produced sample 555 adults demonstrated regardless class crime measured social class exerted little direct influence adult criminality general population consistent research findings nonselfreport studies social class related criminal involvement nonwhites