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The effect of socioeconomic factors on crime rates in Romania: a macro-level analysis

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  • Oana-Ramona Lobonţ
  • Ana-Cristina Nicolescu
  • Nicoleta-Claudia Moldovan
  • Ayhan Kuloğlu

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The article outlines the need to identify appropriate explanations for various acts of deviant behaviour, mental illness and violent reactions in Romanian contemporary society which is facing a crisis of values and character. The objective of the article is to provide empirical evidence and raise awareness regarding the relationship between crime and socioeconomic factors in Romania over the period 1990–2014, based on statistics for testing co-integration theory and causal relationships. Specifically, the proposed analysis intends to capture the complexity of socioeconomic pressures on individuals and to clarify the ways in which the vitiation of modern society represents a manifestation of implemented economic mechanisms. By using data related to income, unemployment, inflation, inequality, development, education and population density as socioeconomic factors and also data on crime divided by region and type, the article supports the hypothesis of significant causality between socioeconomic factors and crime. Two directions can be considered for revealing the general result of the proposed analysis: one is that an increase in income inequality has a strong and robust effect regarding crime rates rising, and the second reveals that the place of residence is essential, the urban agglomeration being a generating factor for crime.

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  • Oana-Ramona Lobonţ & Ana-Cristina Nicolescu & Nicoleta-Claudia Moldovan & Ayhan Kuloğlu, 2017. "The effect of socioeconomic factors on crime rates in Romania: a macro-level analysis," Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(1), pages 91-111, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:reroxx:v:30:y:2017:i:1:p:91-111
    DOI: 10.1080/1331677X.2017.1305790
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    1. Acosta, Camilo & Mejía, Daniel & Zorro Medina, Angela, 2023. "On the Tension Between Due Process Protection and Public Safety: The Case of an Extensive Procedural Reform in Colombia," Documentos CEDE 20924, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.

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