These tensions lead to negative emotions, such as frustration and anger. These emotions create pressure for corrective action, and crime is one possible response. Crime may be used to reduce or escape tension, seek revenge against the source of tension or related goals, or relieve negative emotions. (Agnew, 2010) This becomes a problem for today's youth because if these stressors take over their minds and they fall into crime, it leads to a slippery slope that can cause future financial problems due to limited job opportunities or absent. Researchers have called for more attention to be paid to variables linking unemployment to crime. In particular, it has been suggested that people's interpretation of the labor market situation plays an important role in shaping their responses to it. Using general strain theory, this research examines the role that unemployment plays in the criminal behavior of 400 homeless street youth. Of particular interest is how these young people interpret their labor market experiences and how these interpretations and experiences together influence criminal behavior. The results reveal that the effect of unemployment on crime is mediated and moderated mainly by other variables. In particular, unemployment is conditioned by external casual attributions that lead to anger about unemployment, which in turn leads to crime. The direct effect of