SOCIAL ALTRUISM AND CRIME

@article{Chamlin1997SOCIALAA,
  title={SOCIAL ALTRUISM AND CRIME},
  author={Mitchell B. Chamlin and John K. Cochran},
  journal={Criminology},
  year={1997},
  volume={35},
  pages={203-226}
}
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… 
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