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Item Restricted What leads a child to crime? (a cross-regional study on the economic correlates of juvenile deliquency in the Philippines)(2006-10) Lomoljo, Divina Katrina R.; Lorenzo, Johanna ALeria P.; Tecson, Gwendolyn R.Item Restricted Factors and associated with property and personal crime in the Philippines(2007-04) Anselmo, Ma. Kristine R.; Kaibigan, Bernardo V.; Pernia, Ernesto M.This study uses panel data on index crime rates for the 15 regions of the Philippines over the period 1991-2003 to analyze the factors associated with crime in the country. As different types of index crimes are likely to be influenced by different factors, the total index crime rate was disaggregated into two: (a) crimes against person (murder, rape, homicide, an4 physical injury); and (b) crimes against property (robbery and theft). For both types of crimes, the study reveals that unemployment, inflation, poverty, and population density are positively associated with crime. Gross regional domestic product per capita, on the other hand, is shown to be inversely related to crime.Item Restricted Can contraceptive use lead to lower crime rates in the Philppines?(2009-03) Carrasco, Margeline T.; Casubha, Roma Adnexa R.; Esguerra, EmmanuelThis study explores the possible link between the increase in use of contraceptives in the 1970s and decrease in crime rate in 1990s in the Philippines. It analyzes the different transmission channels by which an 'unwanted' child resulting from the lack of contraceptive use may have a higher tendency to engage in criminal activity in the future during what is known to be the high- crime peak age range. The links between unwanted pregnancy and future criminality can be found in the unfavorable conditions and circumstances in which an unwanted child is born into, decreased human capital investment, and poverty associated with a large family size. The ability to control pregnancy through contraceptive use helps mothers and family units in delaying child birth until circumstances are more favorable and it also gives them the ability to control their family size.Item Restricted Natural disasters and its effect on property crime rates in the Philippines(2009-10) Delizo, Gene Herly; Sequito, Monique Nikki; Desierto, DesireeThe article explains the effect of natural disasters to property crime rates in the Philippines. For this study, a two period pooled data of 49 provinces from 2006-2007 was used. Robust regression was used to cure for the heteroscedasticity issues present in this paper. With this, Filipinos in general are found to be cooperative during destructive and/or damaging occurrences as evidenced by an insignificant relationship between natural disasters and property crime rates. But then, focusing on disaster prone areas, Filipinos are proved to be otherwise, being more susceptible to criminal activities specifically to crimes against property.Item Restricted Income inequality: does it influence the propensity and propinquity to commit robbery and theft? (evidence from cross-regional data)(2005-01) Abarientos, Ma. Theresa M.; Aggari, Lara PerpetuaThis study is geared toward a better understanding of the factors that might contribute to the growing number of crimes committed in the country. There have been studies conducted related to this particular area but still there are areas left undone. The paper analyzes the significance of income inequality using the GINI coefficient index, in determining crime rate. In this paper, the researchers also attempt to provide a more intensive study concerning crime rate using cross-regional data on crime and other data. First, we probe into the link between income inequality and crime rate across regions in the country by looking into the correlation between the Gini coefficient and the crime rate as determined by the number of reported crimes divided by the population. We then further investigate the connection between the two by taking into account other determinants like urbanization rate, GRDP, literacy rate, unemployment rate, population density and percentage of young males. Lastly, we examine if the result of Ehrlich's study holds true regarding the effect of income inequality on crimes against property and crimes vs. people by looking into their correlation through regression. We are using the 2000 data because of better breakdown of reported index crimes. Moreover Gini coefficient is only available every three years including 2000.Item Restricted A closer look at the determinants of crimes in the Philippines: a pooled data analysis(2003-10) Patulot, Jennifer C.; Sambas, Jan Cherildine N.Item Restricted Does more inequality mean more crime?(2010-04) Lazo, Carlos Gerardo; Lim, Innah SamanthaThis paper investigates on the crime-inequality link in the Philippine setting. We study the correlation between Gini index and incidence of index crimes across provinces. We also examine the partial correlation by considering other socio-economic factors. The data combine cross-sectional data on 78 provinces and 2 time periods to produce a data set of 156 observations. Results show that income inequality has a positive and significant impact on crime, with an elasticity ranging from 1.2 to 1.4, even after controlling the effects of other potential determinants. Also, income, population density and unemployment have positive and significant effects on index crimes. By contrast, education and poverty have negative and significant effects on index crimes.Item Restricted A study on the crime rate as a determinant of police spending(1993-05-21) Fajardo, Abdiel Dan Elijah S.