Abstract
THE business cycle has a pervasive effect on the structure of economic opportunity and hence on behavior. The effect is reflected in social indicators as diverse as school enrollments, birthrates, and labor force participation.' It would be surprising indeed if crime rates were immune to general business conditions, and certainly the conventional wisdom asserts that street crime is countercyclical. A recession always provides police chiefs with a comfortable explanation for their failure to prevent increases in the crime rate.
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