This book examines key relationships between material circumstances and crime,
and analyzes the areas of social policy in particular social security and labour
market policy that are most important in terms of dealing with inequality at the
lower end of the income hierarchy. It seeks to explain why inequality is linked
to offending behaviour and the evidence underpinning explanations for this, and
looks in detail at the relationship between offending and anti-social behaviour
and its management through social policy interventions.
Crime and Inequality draws upon both criminological and social policy approaches
to understand this vital relationship, moving beyond criminological approaches
which often fail to analyse the way