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Identifying Crime and Socio-Economic Factors Related to Crime in Multan District Prison, Pakistan

Journal: Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (Vol.10, No. 2)

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Page : 626-633

Keywords : Education; Job Status; Family Setup; Area of Residence; Social Deprivation;

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Abstract

Crime is a major issue all over the world mostly in developing countries. Many social and economic determinants may cause crime such as poverty, ignorance, lack of education, unemployment, inflation, etc. This paper is an attempt to explore the crime-related and socio-economic crime factors in district jail Multan, Pakistan by collecting data through interviewing method from 172 male prisoners by random sampling technique. Two kinds of crime are linked through the purely crime-related variables and socio-economic variables by applying cross-tabulation analysis. The study has identified that crime is the upshot of many social, economic, and purely crime-related factors like the type of crime, economic, social, political & psychological factors, Criminal friendships, Revenge, joint family, rural area of residence, low education level, lack of support, Social deprivation, private-sector job, etc. The study has suggested some policies to reduce the crime rate.

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