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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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Main Authors: Siti Nur Zahara, Hamzah, Lau, Evan
Format: E-Article
Language:English
Published: General Association of Economists From Romania (GAER) 2013
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H Social Sciences (General)
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17982/7/The%20Role%20of%20Social%20Factors%20in%20Explaining%20Crime%20%28abstract%29.pdf
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spelling my.unimas.ir.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 E-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/
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Siti Nur Zahara, Hamzah
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The Role of Social Factors in Explaining Crime
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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author Siti Nur Zahara, Hamzah
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title The Role of Social Factors in Explaining Crime
title_short The Role of Social Factors in Explaining Crime
title_full The Role of Social Factors in Explaining Crime
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publisher General Association of Economists From Romania (GAER)
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