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

Authors

  • Muhammad Ramzan Sheikh Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1507-3961
  • Rashid Ahmad Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.
  • Furrukh Bashir Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan. Pakistan.
  • Sana Sultan Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52131/pjhss.2022.1002.0226

Keywords:

Education, Job Status, Family Setup, Area of Residence, Social Deprivation

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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Author Biographies

Muhammad Ramzan Sheikh, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.

Associate Professor, School of Economics

Rashid Ahmad, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.

Assistant Professor, School of Economics

Furrukh Bashir, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan. Pakistan.

Assistant Professor, School of Economics

Sana Sultan, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.

M.Phil. Scholar, School of Economics

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Published

2022-06-19

How to Cite

Sheikh, M. R., Ahmad, R., Bashir, F., & Sultan, S. (2022). Identifying Crime and Socio-Economic Factors Related to Crime in Multan District Prison, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 10(2), 626–633. https://doi.org/10.52131/pjhss.2022.1002.0226

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