Crime is a major impediment to economic growth and development in Nigeria despite measures taken to reduce it. There is …, however, currently no major statistical analysis of how crime affects economic growth in that country. This study examines the … link between crime and growth based on the theory of rational choice and empirical data. Exogenous and endogenous growth …

The relationship between crime and unemployment has a long history in social science and remains a central point of … unemployment on crime by about 10%. Consistent with the majority of studies in literature, the analysis finds a positive and …

challenges to effective crime prevention and control in Nigeria using descriptive statistics. Data were sourced from Nigerian … economic activities that will help to increase employment, reduce poverty and also reduce crime in Nigeria … different types of crimes as a survival strategy. This paper analysed the effect of crime on economic growth as well as the …

paper, therefore examined how crime is a deterrence to sustainable economic growth in Nigeria from 2007 to 2015 using … help to increase employment, reduce poverty and also reduce crime in Nigeria … descriptive statistics such as graphs and tables. The paper also analysed the challenges to effective crime prevention and control …

show that in the cross-section dimension, crime and unemployment are positively associated. Second, we find that increases … in youth unemployment induce increases in crime. Using the predicted industrial structure to instrument unemployment, we … show that this effect is causal for burglaries, thefts, and drug offences. To combat crime, it appears thus that all …