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Title

Social change and crime in Macau

English Abstract

The aim of the current study was attempt to use secondary data to examine the crime trend, the crime pattern, and also the correlation between social change and crime in the recent 14 years of Macau through the methods of descriptive analysis and Pearson correlation. The result found that the change of overall crime rate is small in the last 14 years. The unemployment rate has negative significance for the overall crime rate. The amount of non-local work has a positive significance for the overall crime rate. However, other factors, such as wealth change factor and economic factor do not have obvious significance for the overall crime. We suggest that the government needs to pay more attention to the other institutions not only focusing on economic development by supporting and cooperating with schools and non-government organizations in the community.

Issue date

2015.

Author

Cheang, Ngai Teng

Faculty
Faculty of Social Sciences (former name: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities)
Department
Department of Sociology
Degree

M.Soc.Sc.

Subject

Crime -- Macau

Supervisor

Zhao, Ruo Hui

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Location
1/F Zone C
Library URL
991000636469706306