The Role of Social Factors in Explaining Crime
Utilizing Malaysia data from 1973 to 2008, the study reveals that crime can be influenced by population, fertility, unemployment, and GDP in either the long-run or short-run period. This study also further analysed beyond sample estimations of the variables involved and found that alth...
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| description | Utilizing Malaysia data from 1973 to 2008, the study reveals that crime can be influenced by population, fertility, unemployment, and GDP in either the long-run or short-run period. This study also further analysed beyond sample estimations of the variables involved and found
that although violent crime can be explained in the short-run only from the VECM analysis, it is found to be explained by other explanatory variables in the long-run of beyond sample for at least 50 years ahead. It is important for policy makers to focus in both social structure and
economic conditions to help prevent crime in the long-run. |
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| spelling | unimas-179822017-10-09T07:56:00Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17982/ The Role of Social Factors in Explaining Crime Siti Nur Zahara, Hamzah Lau, Evan H Social Sciences (General) Utilizing Malaysia data from 1973 to 2008, the study reveals that crime can be influenced by population, fertility, unemployment, and GDP in either the long-run or short-run period. This study also further analysed beyond sample estimations of the variables involved and found that although violent crime can be explained in the short-run only from the VECM analysis, it is found to be explained by other explanatory variables in the long-run of beyond sample for at least 50 years ahead. It is important for policy makers to focus in both social structure and economic conditions to help prevent crime in the long-run. General Association of Economists From Romania (GAER) 2013 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17982/7/The%20Role%20of%20Social%20Factors%20in%20Explaining%20Crime%20%28abstract%29.pdf Siti Nur Zahara, Hamzah and Lau, Evan (2013) The Role of Social Factors in Explaining Crime. Theoretical and Applied Economics, 6. ISSN 1841-8678 http://www.ectap.ro/the-role-of-social-factors-in-explaining-crime-siti-nur-zahara-hamzah_evan-lau/a873/ |
| spellingShingle | H Social Sciences (General) Siti Nur Zahara, Hamzah Lau, Evan The Role of Social Factors in Explaining Crime |
| title | The Role of Social Factors in Explaining Crime |
| title_full | The Role of Social Factors in Explaining Crime |
| title_fullStr | The Role of Social Factors in Explaining Crime |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Social Factors in Explaining Crime |
| title_short | The Role of Social Factors in Explaining Crime |
| title_sort | role of social factors in explaining crime |
| topic | H Social Sciences (General) |
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