Socio-Economic Determinants of Crime: An Empirical Study of Pakistan

The objective of present study is to empirically examine the socio-economic determinants of crime in Pakistan. The analysis is carried out by using the annual time series data for the period 1973-2014. The dependent variable is total crime rate (per one million population), While the explanatory var...

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Published in:	International journal of economics and financial issues Vol. 7; no. 1
Main Authors:	Anwar, Awais, Arshed, Noman, Anwar, Sofia
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Mersin EconJournals 01-01-2017
Subjects:	Crime Crime prevention Criminals Deterrence Economics Education Employment Expected utility Fraud Income inequality Prisons Property crime Robbery Socioeconomic factors Studies Time series Unemployment Vehicles Violent crime Pakistan
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Summary:	The objective of present study is to empirically examine the socio-economic determinants of crime in Pakistan. The analysis is carried out by using the annual time series data for the period 1973-2014. The dependent variable is total crime rate (per one million population), While the explanatory variables are unemployment, education, income inequality, per capita income, and deterrence variable. The study estimates, the long-run and short-run elasticities of supply of offense function by using ARDL (Autoregressive Distributed Lag model) approach.
ISSN:	2146-4138