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The trend of unemployment and crime index during COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia

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Main Authors: Nor Hidayah, Harun, Nor Fadzilah, Zainal, Siti Nur Fathini, Muhsain
Other Authors: norhidayah510@uitm.edu.my
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Language:English
Published: School of Business Innovation and Technopreneurship, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) 2023
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COVID-19
Crime index
Malaysia
Non-crime Index
Unemployment
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spelling my.unimap-778152023-01-30T14:01:54Z The trend of unemployment and crime index during COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia Nor Hidayah, Harun Nor Fadzilah, Zainal Siti Nur Fathini, Muhsain Nor Hidayah, Harun norhidayah510@uitm.edu.my Department of Business & Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Pulau Pinang COVID-19 Crime index Malaysia Non-crime Index Unemployment Link to publisher's homepage at https://ijbt.unimap.edu.my The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the number of unemployed to increase in Malaysia and the issue of unemployment has become a social problem that has always been positively linked to criminal activity. However, the crime index in Malaysia showed a decrease over the period of the Movement Control Order (MCO). Therefore, this study aims to explore this issue using secondary data taken from various sources such as journals, books, proceedings, and press reports. The results of the study found that the crime index decreased even though the number of unemployed increased because it was in line with the theory of crime opportunity. As the community needs to stay at home during the MCO period, the chances of committing index crime are low because the home as well as property are monitored as well as individuals are not exposed to violent crime. However, the domino effect is non -index crime is reported to increase due to the stress of life that makes the individual is motivated to commit non-index crime. The results of the analysis of this study are expected to help the government, especially the Department of Social Welfare to be more efficient by helping and supporting the victims of non-index crime. In addition, the results of this study are also expected to provide an explanation to the community on the question of why the unemployment rate is negatively related to index crime as well as remove the negative impression of the report given by the Royal Malaysian Police (RMP). However, the results of this study are only a preliminary analysis, and it is suggested that empirical studies can be conducted to support the results of this analysis. 2023-01-30T14:01:54Z 2023-01-30T14:01:54Z 2022-10 Article International Journal of Business and Technopreneurship, vol.12(3), 2022, pages 47-56 2231-7090 (printed) 2232-1543 (online) http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/77815 https://ijbt.unimap.edu.my en School of Business Innovation and Technopreneurship, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
institution Universiti Malaysia Perlis
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topic COVID-19
Crime index
Malaysia
Non-crime Index
Unemployment
spellingShingle COVID-19
Crime index
Malaysia
Non-crime Index
Unemployment
Nor Hidayah, Harun
Nor Fadzilah, Zainal
Siti Nur Fathini, Muhsain
Nor Hidayah, Harun
The trend of unemployment and crime index during COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
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Nor Fadzilah, Zainal
Siti Nur Fathini, Muhsain
Nor Hidayah, Harun
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author Nor Hidayah, Harun
Nor Fadzilah, Zainal
Siti Nur Fathini, Muhsain
Nor Hidayah, Harun
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title The trend of unemployment and crime index during COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
title_short The trend of unemployment and crime index during COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
title_full The trend of unemployment and crime index during COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
title_fullStr The trend of unemployment and crime index during COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The trend of unemployment and crime index during COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
title_sort trend of unemployment and crime index during covid-19 pandemic in malaysia
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