Analysis of economic factors affecting crime in the countries of the MENA region using panel data

Researchers have concluded that crime as a social phenomenon may be caused by various economic and social factors. Given the importance of the issue in different countries, many researches have been accomplished in the field of the impact of these factors on crime and economic factors such as poverty, unemployment, inflation, un equal income distribution, industrialization and urbanization, as to be are among the factors influencing crime. In this study, given to the economic and social importance of the issue of crime and the negative effects caused by it, Three economic factors affecting crime in the region (MENA) has been studied over the years 2010-2005 and using the dependent variable instability Act (proxy crime) and the independent variables of inflation, the likelihood of conviction and Human Development Index to analyze the relevance and effectiveness of the independent variables on the dependent variable was investigated. The results demonstrate that inflation coefficients and the human development index are significant to crime rates. This means that, an increase in inflation causes an increment in the amount of crime; whereas, alleviation in human development leads to a decrease in crime rate, in relative to the coefficients attained. Finally, with due attention to the researches performed in this article, appropriate recommended policies for inflation and the human development index, have been offered, for a decrease in crime rate in these countries.