This paper argues it is well known that there is no concensus with respect to the relationship between unemployment and crime. As well, there is very little research on the linkages between crime and educational experiences of young people. In this paper the authors show a very strong positive relationship between criminal activity and the...

The way property is divided on divorce is a key issue for many families, and one that has attracted considerable debate over the past two decades. Yet despite the importance of property division to parties negotiating the divorce transition it has been more than a decade since broad-based empirical research on this issue has been...

Brisbane data showed that domestic property went roughly equally to the next generations of men and women, suggesting the presence of a bilateral system of descent.

Public ownership and development of land is a powerful means of controlling the development of an urban area, avoiding high speculative costs of land for housing and public purposes, and siphoning increases in land values that accompany urban growth into the public purse. This paper compares government control of public land in Stockholm and Canberra.