Brottsligheten i Sverige: En statistisk studie ur ett socioekonomiskt perspektiv
(2013) STAH11 20122Department of Statistics
- Abstract
- Earlier studies in other countries have found that inequity and social economic factors influence crime. We examine if the same influence could be found in Sweden. Through a multiple regression we analyze material from Sweden’s 290 municipalities.
The dependent variable is measured through reported acts of violent crime since this reflects the total crime rate better than other possible measurements.
Our results show that social economic factors indeed are an important indicator of crime in Sweden. Inequity, income and social benefits all affect the municipalities’ crime rates in economic terms.
We also conclude that health and age affect the level of crime through that a high level of poor health and a low average aged population... (More) - Earlier studies in other countries have found that inequity and social economic factors influence crime. We examine if the same influence could be found in Sweden. Through a multiple regression we analyze material from Sweden’s 290 municipalities.
The dependent variable is measured through reported acts of violent crime since this reflects the total crime rate better than other possible measurements.
Our results show that social economic factors indeed are an important indicator of crime in Sweden. Inequity, income and social benefits all affect the municipalities’ crime rates in economic terms.
We also conclude that health and age affect the level of crime through that a high level of poor health and a low average aged population increase the crime rate. In contrast to what is expected municipalities’ with a high proportion of females have a higher crime rate. We argue that the result can be derived to a higher proportion of females in metropolitan areas.
Further, immigration and separations shown influence in the model. Municipalities’ with a high proportion of immigrants and a high proportion of children with separated parents have more crimes committed per capita. Based on these results we request measures against crime through social reforms. (Less)
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- author
- Stenberg, Jonas LU and Olsson, Christoffer LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- STAH11 20122
- year
- 2013
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- brott, våldsbrott, kommuner, socioekonomisk, ojämlikhet
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 3514483
- date added to LUP
- 2013-03-12 09:07:05
- date last changed
- 2013-03-12 09:07:05
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