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Good governance and crime rates in Malaysia

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  • Muzafar Shah Habibullah
  • Badariah H.Din
  • Baharom Abdul Hamid

Abstract

Purpose - – The purpose of this paper is to relate the quality of governance with crime in Malaysia. The study also identifies the best good governance tool to fight against crime in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach - – The study uses time-series data on crime rates and six measures of governance: voice and accountability, political stability, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, rule of law and control of corruption. In this study the authors employed the popular autoregressive distributed lagged modeling approach to estimate the long-run model of crime and governance. Findings - – The authors test the hypothesis that good governance lowers crime rates (total crime, violent and property crimes). The results suggest a negative relationship between crime rates and good governance in Malaysia. This suggests that good governance reduces crime rates in Malaysia. Research limitations/implications - – The limitations of this study is the short time-series used in the analysis which is from 1996 to 2009. Practical implications - – This study provides evidence that the practice of good governance, for example, lower corruption, good policing and judicial system can mitigate crime in Malaysia. Social implications - – The implementation of good governance will protect property right of individuals, business sector and the society as a whole, and this will enhance prosperity of a nation. Originality/value - – This study provide the first empirical evidence that linking between crime and good governance in Malaysia.

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  • Muzafar Shah Habibullah & Badariah H.Din & Baharom Abdul Hamid, 2016. "Good governance and crime rates in Malaysia," International Journal of Social Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 43(3), pages 308-320, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:ijsepp:v:43:y:2016:i:3:p:308-320
    DOI: 10.1108/IJSE-05-2014-0096
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    1. Goh, Eric & Effendi, Shahar, 2017. "Overview of an effective governance policy for mineral resource sustainability in Malaysia," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 1-6.
    2. Woei-Chyuan Wong & Adilah Azhari & Nur Adiana Hiau Abdullah & Chee Yin Yip, 2019. "Estimating the impact of crime risk on housing prices in Malaysia," International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 13(5), pages 769-789, November.
    3. Aldenis Vásquez & Rafael Alvarado & Brayan Tillaguango & Cem Işık & Muntasir Murshed, 2023. "Impact of Social and Institutional Indicators on the Homicide Rate in Ecuador: An Analysis Using Advanced Time Series Techniques," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 169(1), pages 1-22, September.
    4. Lau, Evan & Hamzah, Siti Nur Zahara & Habibullah, Muzafar, 2019. "The Economic of Deterrence: A Wrong Policy or A Misplaced Strategy?," Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, vol. 53(1), pages 105-119.
    5. Saleemi, Muhammad Waqar & Amir-ud-Din, Rafi, 2019. "How does quality of governance influence occurrence of crime? A longitudinal analysis of Asian countries," MPRA Paper 94142, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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