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The relationships between teenage premarital paternity, child support enforcement, & delinquency are examined, based on Manon County (Ind) court records of paternity suits filed between 1978 & 1984 & juvenile court records (N = 333 unwed fathers with 420 arrests). Findings indicate that young, unmarried fathers are substantially more delinquent than their nonfather peers even prior to the conception & birth of their children, & that the additional stresses induced by an out-of-wedlock paternity appear to be translated into a very distinctive pattern of increased criminal behavior. However, rigorous child support enforcement does not increase offense rates of young men, although young fathers who were previously arrested are more apt to contest a paternity case & are less likely to meet their child support obligations. 3 Tables, 3 Figures, 25 References. Modified HA

Relationships between teenage premarital paternity, child support enforcement, and delinquency; US.

Abstract. The impact of having a state lottery on the rate of crime against property in that state is estimated. Arguments in the standard economic model of criminal activity employed here include the unemployment rate, real income per capita, presence of the death penalty in the state as a proxy for general severity of punishment, police officers per capita, the percentage of population between the ages of 5 and 24, and the presence of a state lottery. Because the decision of a state to operate a lottery may correlate with crime rates, a selectivity model was run to extract any bias, but no such bias was found. The analysis used data for the 50 states plus the District of Columbia from 1970 through 1984. The results suggest that presence of a state lottery is associated with a crime rate higher by about 3 percent, an effect both statistically significant and practically important.

This longitudinal study of Indiana lottery expenditures tracks that market from a time when all play was in games offered by other states until the state offered a full portfolio of games. Both the socio‐economic characteristics of players and the nature of their play have changed. Participation doubled when the Indiana games began, and it continues to increase, albeit more slowly. Lottery play is regressive, and has become increasingly regressive over time. An increasing proportion of lottery revenues comes from low‐income players and heavy bettors, although small bets are still the norm. While college graduates play the lottery less than do other individuals, the initial large gap in play rates for these two groups is diminishing as college graduates increase their participation in the lottery. Similarly, women and individuals between the ages of 44 and 65 are continuing to increase their participation in lotteries. Patterns associated with increased regressivity, with increased play among low‐income players, and with higher reliance on heavy bettors, suggest a need for special policy vigilance as the games mature.