The Effect of the Average Household Disposable Income on Crime Rate of Taiwan’s Counties

• Main Authors: KAN,MING-CHE, 甘明哲
• Other Authors: Wu, Sheng-Ching
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/r8bhu2

碩士 === 大葉大學 === 管理學院碩士在職專班 === 106 === This study mainly discusses the impact of the change rate of disposable income on the crime rate of county. From 2002 to 2017, the incidence of criminal cases, the incidence of theft and the incidence of violent crimes, and factors that may affect the crime rate in each county were collected. Empirical results indicate that the counties with higher average disposable income of each household have the higher prevalence rate of criminal cases and the lower the rate of violent crime. Counties with the higher the average per capita police policing expenditure have the lower incidence of criminal cases, the lower incidence of theft, and the incidence of violent crimes. The evidence showing that the policing expenditures can effectively curb the crime rate. In additional, the incidence of criminal cases, theft rate, and the incidence of violent crimes in the six municipalities are higher, showing that the crime rate in metropolitan areas is indeed higher than in rural areas. In addition, the more young and populous people is, the lower the incidence of criminal cases, theft rate, and the incidence of violent crimes are. Counties with higher the crude divorce rate have the higher the incidence of criminal cases, theft rate, and the incidence of violent crimes.