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Title:	The relationship between individual living patterns, situational opportunity and motivation: a study of social and self control in crime prevention in Pakistan
Authors:	Muhammad Tarique (P92318)
Supervisor:	Novel Lyndon, Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Keywords:	Crime prevention Pakistan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia -- Dissertations Dissertations, Academic -- Malaysia
Issue Date:	14-Jan-2020
Description:	As national crime rates rose from the late sixties through the seventies and now, the issue of crime control became an increasingly central player in the arena of public policy. Citizen fear of crime bas also rose over the past few decades and crime control policy has become increasingly punitive. The rehabilitative ideal predominant in the fifties and early sixties was replaced with crime control policies that focused upon incarceration and retributive justice. Subsequently, jails have become overcrowded while recidivism rates have remained high. This study is an attempt to bridge a gap between criminological research and crime control policy. The study is to demonstrate the link between social and psychological variables of crime causation. By using quantitative method, surveys were distributed to inmates at the Karachi Central Jail in Karachi, Sindh. Measures of criminal prevalence and incidence were used as dependent variables. Scales were constructed to measure social support theory and self-control theory. The sample was returned by 569 inmates. Through the use of OLS multiple regression analysis the differential effects was calculated upon the dependent variables. The findings of this study based on research objectives indicate that self-control theory is most supported and criminal justice policy in Pakistan is often the result of emotion and political impetus rather than well-reasoned criminological research. Using the population of jail inmates and in the model as described, self-control was clearly the best predictor of crime among the theoretical variables. Differential association, as measured by Individual Definitions Favorable to Crime, also enjoyed support in the model predicting Last Twelve Month Prevalence. From this point, policy considerations are addressed and some conclusions drawn about the value to the criminal justice system. Conclusions suggest that the policy relevance should go far to promote improved relationships between academics and policy makers. Implication of this research suggests that crime control should follow the criminological research rather political motivation.,Master of Philosophy
Pages:	153
Publisher:	UKM, Bangi
Appears in Collections:	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan

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