The Relationship Between State-Level Earned Income Tax Credits and Violent Crime.

IF 3 2区 医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH Prevention Science Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-16 DOI:10.1007/s11121-024-01705-7
Whitney L Rostad, Andrea Gonzalez, Katie A Ports
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Policies that provide economic support, such as the earned income tax credit (EITC), improve peoples' ability to meet their basic needs and reduce stress, which can reduce violence perpetration. Refundable state-level EITCs have been associated with decreases in multiple forms of violence (e.g., child abuse and neglect); however, it is unknown whether there is an association between the EITC and violent crime as captured by Uniform Crime Reports. Crime and violence remain a pressing concern for many communities across the nation. Using a longitudinal data set, we conducted fixed-effects regression models with year and state specified as fixed effects, to determine whether variations in generosity of state-level EITCs are related to the rate of violent crime. After adjusting for demographic covariates, refundable state-level EITCs remained significantly associated with reductions in criminal homicide compared to states without an EITC. As many states attempt to combat crime and prevent violence in their communities, anti-poverty measures such as the EITC provide a promising strategy for reducing the social and economic costs associated with violence.

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州一级所得税抵免与暴力犯罪之间的关系。
提供经济支持的政策,如收入所得税抵免(EITC),可提高人们满足基本需求的能力并减轻压力,从而减少暴力行为。州一级的可返还所得税抵免与多种形式暴力(如虐待和忽视儿童)的减少有关;但是,所得税抵免与《统一犯罪报告》中记录的暴力犯罪之间是否存在关联,目前尚不得而知。犯罪和暴力仍然是全国许多社区迫切关注的问题。利用纵向数据集,我们建立了以年份和州为固定效应的固定效应回归模型,以确定州级 EITC 的慷慨程度是否与暴力犯罪率有关。在对人口统计学协变量进行调整后,与没有 EITC 的州相比,可退还的州级 EITC 仍然与刑事凶杀案的减少有显著关联。由于许多州都在努力打击犯罪和预防社区暴力,像 EITC 这样的反贫困措施为降低与暴力相关的社会和经济成本提供了一种很有前景的策略。
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Prevention Science
Prevention Science PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-
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期刊介绍: Prevention Science is the official publication of the Society for Prevention Research. The Journal serves as an interdisciplinary forum designed to disseminate new developments in the theory, research and practice of prevention. Prevention sciences encompassing etiology, epidemiology and intervention are represented through peer-reviewed original research articles on a variety of health and social problems, including but not limited to substance abuse, mental health, HIV/AIDS, violence, accidents, teenage pregnancy, suicide, delinquency, STD''s, obesity, diet/nutrition, exercise, and chronic illness. The journal also publishes literature reviews, theoretical articles, meta-analyses, systematic reviews, brief reports, replication studies, and papers concerning new developments in methodology.
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