The Economic Dimension of Crime in the Arab World

Alhasan Ali Mohammad Abdalrahman1, Khawlah M. AL-Tkhayneh2, Mastur H. Rehim3 & Ibrahim Suleiman Al Qatawneh4

Abstract
In this study, we attempted to have a better applied and statistical understanding of the relationship between the different economic determinants (poverty, unemployment, economic inequality) and the different types of committed crimes in the Arab countries over a period of two decades. The results revealed that seeking economic development is considered an important requirement to reduce crime rates. Indeed, it is viewed as one of the solutions that mainly contribute to avoiding punitive inflation experienced in all Arab countries without exception. The research concludes that the Arab countries suffer from a noticeable increase in the number of committed crimes, with all their types, such as murder, robbery, and drug
crimes. Unemployment represents the main economic factor affecting the increased
crime rates in Arab countries, and the increased rate of poverty is positively correlated with the high rates of robbery and drug crimes. In light of the results, the study recommends using the domains of scientific research in a way that serves social and economic development and reduces the prevalence of negative phenomena, making more efforts to find social policies that help reduce economic problems, as well as establishing monitor centers concerned with monitoring and studying the negative phenomena in the community.

Keywords: Economic Dimension, Arab World, Crime.