A Study of the Relation between Unemployment and Crime in Iran Provincial Consolidated Data Approach

This research tries to form an econometric model، using panel data approach، to examine the influence of unemployment and other socio - economic variables on homicide، larceny and suicide. Empirical evidence shows a direct relationship between unemployment and the above- said social abnormalities، though revealing themselves with one or two periodic lags. It should be mentioned that the destructive effects of unemployment exceeds that of inflation، so the anti-unemployment policies take priority over anti-inflationary policies if can not be implemented concurrently