TITLE:
Impoverished Living Conditions and Crime in Society: A Study on Prisoners at Jamalpur District Jail, Bangladesh
AUTHORS:
Israt Eshita Haque, Md. Muniruzzaman
KEYWORDS:
Crime, Poverty, Economic Deficiency, Impoverished Living Condition, Prisoners
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.8 No.3,
March
9,
2020
ABSTRACT: Bangladesh,
as a developing country, has been facing several problems with poverty, rising
food prices, corruption, unequal distribution of wealth, unemployment,
impoverished living condition, rising criminal activities, and so on. The purpose
of the study is to explore the relationship between impoverished living conditions and crime in society by using
information from prisoners at Jamalpur district jail, Bangladesh. The study was
conducted employing mixed approach that
taking into consideration both quantitative and qualitative methods because of
its nature and subject matter. The study found that impoverished living
conditions of people and lack of economic solvency are the main driving forces
influencing prisoners to commit crime.
Besides, crime varies in terms of education,
religion, marital status and occupational
variations. Moreover, society accompanied with unequal distribution of
wealth, corruption, degradation of social norms and values, rising separation and divorce and political abuse is more prone to commit different types of crimes such
as drug business, robbery, theft, trafficking, smuggling, crimes under arm act,
prostitution, women repression, rape, etc. Poverty reduction programs,
adjustment of uneven social and economic conditions, enforcement of law, counseling system could be policy recommendations in this
sensitive area.