Street crimes in urban areas

2. Presented by : Bibi maryum

3. CRIME
• Violation of law
• Wrong doing
• Infringement of rights of others

4. STREET CRIMES
• Committed in streets
Snatching
Robbery
Dacoit
Kidnapping
Harassment

5. LITERATURE REVIEW
•. Almost everyone has a story to tell about having a purse or a wallet stolen.
The most common street crime in Pakistan these days is mobile snatching.
These robbers come well-armed and well prepared both physically and
psychologically to commit crimes.
•Youngsters these days are very much in fear about whether to carry a
mobile phone or cash while travelling at any time of the day.
•( SYEDA GOHARE MARIUM, PUBLISHED IN THE EXPRESS
TRIBUNE, APRIL 29TH, 2014)

6. POPULATION CRIME RATE
• Bernburg & Thorlindsson, 2005.
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7. DELHI
 2014 12 cases reported per hour.
Overall crime rate also doubled (147,000 cases till December 15, 2014) as compared to the previous year.
Crimes against women rape reported every four hours. Number of rape cases 32% from 2013
.
(Karn pratap singh, hindustan times, new delhi,2014)

8. Country wide report 2006-7, 2008-9
 Kidnapping increased 19,909 to 29,600
 Rape increased 4300 to 5712
 Car theft increased 42000 to 6110
(Ehsan shaukat,2010)

9. Edeard l.Glaeser & Bruce Sacerdote
• Big cities access of means are easy use to commit crime
• Weapons, transportation
• Cities greater access wealthy

10. Q 01; Increasing crime are due to the unemployment ?
Agree 88% Disagree 12 %
Q 02; Does political parties are cause crime? ( Karachi )
Yes 87% No 13%
Q 03: Do you think expansive mobile phones have made an attraction for street crime?
Yes 86% No 14 %
Q 04: Poverty has caused the people to commit crimes ?
Agree 91 % Disagree 9 %
Q 05: Are law enforcement agencies doing their best to solve crime?
Yes 32% No 68%
(Hannah Irfan ,2008)

11. There is no single factor that can be specified as
the main cause of criminal behavior
Cause of crime differ from country to country
( Muhammad Ali Shuja , 2009)
Positive association of crime with
urbanization .
Reasons:
1) Policy maker (planning of urbanization )
2) Unemployment
3) income inequality
(Hafiz Hanzai Jalil & Muhammad Mazhar
Iqbal , 2010)
Thousand of crime take place on a daily basis almost 50%
crime are never registered by the police authority because of
lack of legal awareness among the people
(Malik Ayub Sumble,2011)