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- Title
Profiling Crime in Pakistan: An Aggregated and Disaggregated Socioeconomic Analysis.
- Authors
Anwar, Ayesha; Anwar, Sofia; Syed, Shabib Haider
- Abstract
Crime is more than just a sociological and psychological phenomenon. The economic effects of any criminal activity are intriguing and vice versa. This paper attempts to profile crime scenario in Pakistan in the socio-economic context at aggregated and disaggregated level. Three crime supply models have been constructed using formal econometric techniques i.e., aggregated crime, crime against person and crime against property. These models depict the various socioeconomic variables effecting different crimes. The paper also captures the deterrence effect but on a very limited scale using police strength as proxy. The paper has drawn many conclusions indicating effects of social and economic injustices making people choose illegal activities over lawful ways of earnings and the role of government to intervene and promote socio-economic equity. Government should introduce effective social security programs to create more jobs and to minimize income inequalities. Policing and effective justice system is key to control crime.
- Subjects
PAKISTAN; OFFENSES against the person; OFFENSES against property; CRIME; SOCIAL services; JUSTICE administration
- Publication
Forman Journal of Economic Studies, 2021, Vol 17, Issue 1, p77
- ISSN
1990-391X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.32368/FJES.20211704