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Deterrence: A wrong policy or a misplaced strategy?
Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia
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Deterrence: A wrong policy or a misplaced strategy?
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Hamzah, SITI NUR ZAHARA
Lau, Evan HABIBULLAH, MUZAFAR SHAH |
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Sarawak, Crime, Deterrence, Economics of Crime, Cointegration
I38, A12, A14, E71 |
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| Description |
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. It is proven that economic variables studied serve as motivation of crime in Sarawak and imprisonment does not deter crime in the time period studied. It is evident that imprisonment in the case of Sarawak is less influential in deterring crime or the society were ill informed of the severity of punishment. While the study established a long-run relationship between economics and crime, it is also a noble approach in understanding deterrence in the context of Sarawak. Both economics and deterrence variables are important in explaining the decline in crime and in formulating efficient strategy and policies to combat crime.
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Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) Malaysia [FRGS grants No: F01/FRGS/1491/2016]. The usual disclaimer applies.
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2019-06-15
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article |
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http://ejournal.ukm.my/jem/article/view/26506
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Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia; Vol 53, No 1 (2019): Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia
0126-1962 |
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en
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Copyright (c) 2019 Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia
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