Exploring the Influence of Unemployment on Criminal Behavior in Punjab, Pakistan

Nouman Khaliq, Muhammad Shabbir and Zahira Batool
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Nouman Khaliq: Phd Scholar, Department of Sociology, GC University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
Muhammad Shabbir: Assistant Professor,Department of Sociology,GC University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
Zahira Batool: Professor,Department of Sociology,GC University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.

Global Regional Review, 2019, vol. 4, issue 1, 402-409

Abstract: The main objective of this research was to investigate the effect of unemployment on criminal behavior. A multistage sampling technique was used for the selection of a sample of 400 respondents who have ever committed a crime. A well-designed and the pre-tested interviewing schedule was used to collect information from the respondents in randomly selected district jails of Punjab, Pakistan. Descriptive analysis shows that majority of the respondents was young and married. Around onefourth of the respondents were illiterate and about the same proportion had primary level education. Two-fifth of the respondents had less than Rs. 20,000 monthly family income. Multivariate analysis revealed that unemployed respondents had 30 percent more chances to commit the crime as compared to the employed respondents. Thus the set hypothesis that unemployment is significantly related to criminal behavior of the respondents is upheld

Keywords: Unemployment; Criminal Behavior; Socio-Economic; Crime; Illiterate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.31703/grr.2019(IV-I).43

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