The Relationship between Education and Crime Analysis (1991-2016): A Case Study of Pakistan

Bilal Ahmed, Umair Abdullah and Sameea Akhtar∗
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Bilal Ahmed: Department of Economics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Umair Abdullah: Department of Sociology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Sameea Akhtar∗: Department of Sociology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

International Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 2019, vol. 5, issue 5, 171-182

Abstract: This study examine the effect of three economic variables education, poverty and unemployment on the crime rate of Pakistan using the data from 1991-2016. In this paper researcher initially summarize the theoretical and empirical evidences between the educations, crime, poverty and unemployment. We begin by analyzing the effect of education on crime rate using yearly crime rate report of Pakistan. Then researcher explore the role of poverty in determining the violent crime rate and analyze the relationship between unemployment. The literature tells us that education can reduce the crime rate of the county, it not just reduce the crime rate but also reduce the unemployment and poverty rate of the country. The study analyzed Educated people are participating in the country by working in different public and private sectors. Three questions are present one is that education impacts on crime and then their impact on poverty and unemployment. The results of this study indicate that there were positive effects of these variables on crime. This study suggest that through increasing the educational status of the individual can decreases the rate of crime, poverty, unemployment.

Keywords: Crime; factors affecting crime rate; poverty; unemployment; education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.20469/ijhss.5.20001-5

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