Relationship between crime and socio-economic factors

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Title:	Relationship between crime and socio-economic factors
Author:	Vyas, Yash
Year:	1997
Periodical:	Kenya Journal of Sciences. Series C, Humanities and Social Sciences (ISSN 0250-8265)
Volume:	4
Issue:	1
Pages:	20-43
Language:	English
Notes:	biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:	Kenya East Africa
Subjects:	offences criminology law crime Economic and social development social problems public law
Abstract:	Crimes may be broadly grouped as conventional crimes, crimes of the economy, and crimes committed under the cover of an official position. The first category includes all the traditional crimes which usually fall under general criminal law contained, in the case of Kenya, in the Penal Code, Cap. 63. The crimes under the other two categories generally remain undetected. The factors giving rise to criminal behaviour, and the theories developed to explain such behaviour, are numerous and varied. Amongst the socioeconomic factors influencing the growth and distribution of crime in Kenya are industrial development, urbanization, poulation growth, economic conditions, family and home, companions and gangs, mass media, corruption, the emergence of large corporations, and profit motives. Socioeconomic explanations of crime are grounded in theories concerning the effect of economic conditions, social disorganization, culture conflict, differential association, or anomie. Note, ref., sum.