The economic of deterrence: a wrong policy or a misplaced strategy?

This paper investigates the impact of economics conditions and deterrence variables on disaggregated crime data in Sarawak, using yearly time-series data spanning more than 40 years using a vector error correction estimates. It is proven that economic variables studied serve as motivation of crime...

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Main Authors: Evan Lau, Siti Nur Zahara Hamzah, Muzafar Shah Habibullah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14071/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14071/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14071/1/jeko_53%281%29-9.pdf