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Crime and police personnel in Malaysia: an empirical investigation

The economic theory on crime behavior proposed by Becker (1968) suggests that an increase in the number of policemen can deter crimes. However, recent studies found a positive relationship between police personnel and crime rates. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the effect of poli...

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Main Authors: Habibullah, Muzafar Shah, Abdul Hamid, Baharom, Muhamad, Suriyani
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Language:English
Published: Taylor's Business School, Taylor's University 2014
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spelling my.upm.eprints.344042016-09-15T09:18:36Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34404/ Crime and police personnel in Malaysia: an empirical investigation Habibullah, Muzafar Shah Abdul Hamid, Baharom Muhamad, Suriyani The economic theory on crime behavior proposed by Becker (1968) suggests that an increase in the number of policemen can deter crimes. However, recent studies found a positive relationship between police personnel and crime rates. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the effect of police personnel on 15 categories of crime rates in Malaysia for the period of 1973 to 2005 by using the vector error-correction model. Our results suggest that 8 categories of crime rates support Becker’s crime economic theory, while 6 categories of crime support the ‘long-run natural rate of crime’ hypothesis. Taylor's Business School, Taylor's University 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34404/1/Crime%20and%20police%20personnel%20in%20Malaysia%20an%20empirical%20investigation.pdf Habibullah, Muzafar Shah and Abdul Hamid, Baharom and Muhamad, Suriyani (2014) Crime and police personnel in Malaysia: an empirical investigation. Taylor's Business Review, 4 (2). pp. 165-182. ISSN 2232-0172 http://www.taylors.edu.my/tbr/archive/
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description The economic theory on crime behavior proposed by Becker (1968) suggests that an increase in the number of policemen can deter crimes. However, recent studies found a positive relationship between police personnel and crime rates. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the effect of police personnel on 15 categories of crime rates in Malaysia for the period of 1973 to 2005 by using the vector error-correction model. Our results suggest that 8 categories of crime rates support Becker’s crime economic theory, while 6 categories of crime support the ‘long-run natural rate of crime’ hypothesis.
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author Habibullah, Muzafar Shah
Abdul Hamid, Baharom
Muhamad, Suriyani
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Abdul Hamid, Baharom
Muhamad, Suriyani
Crime and police personnel in Malaysia: an empirical investigation
author_facet Habibullah, Muzafar Shah
Abdul Hamid, Baharom
Muhamad, Suriyani
author_sort Habibullah, Muzafar Shah
title Crime and police personnel in Malaysia: an empirical investigation
title_short Crime and police personnel in Malaysia: an empirical investigation
title_full Crime and police personnel in Malaysia: an empirical investigation
title_fullStr Crime and police personnel in Malaysia: an empirical investigation
title_full_unstemmed Crime and police personnel in Malaysia: an empirical investigation
title_sort crime and police personnel in malaysia: an empirical investigation
publisher Taylor's Business School, Taylor's University
publishDate 2014
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34404/1/Crime%20and%20police%20personnel%20in%20Malaysia%20an%20empirical%20investigation.pdf
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