Citation
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
Abstract
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.
Download File
Official URL or Download Paper: http://www.taylors.edu.my/tbr/archive/
|
Additional Metadata
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Divisions: | Faculty of Economics and Management |
| Publisher: | Taylor's Business School, Taylor's University |
| Keywords: | Crime rates; Police personnel; Cointegration |
| Depositing User: | Nurul Ainie Mokhtar |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Sep 2016 09:18 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2016 09:18 |
| URI: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34404 |
| Statistic Details: | View Download Statistic |
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |