Inquire into the Family Economy and Social Crime

Tweneboah Senzu, Emmanuel (2024): Inquire into the Family Economy and Social Crime. Published in: Blackstone Journal for Asia-Africa Jurists , Vol. 12, No. 29 (December 2024): pp. 1-16.

Abstract

The paper examines social crimes that are common and significantly observed to emanates from the consequential outcome of family economic crisis, which necessitate spillover by reactionary effects of husband and wife, extended towards children, thus, create spiral crime effects at the unconscious level of the family Institution to the society, with it subsequent effects experience at the conscious level of the society.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Family economy, Social crime, Juvenile, Delinquent behaviour, Criminology
• Subjects: K - Law and Economics > K1 - Basic Areas of Law > K14 - Criminal Law; K - Law and Economics > K3 - Other Substantive Areas of Law > K36 - Family and Personal Law; K - Law and Economics > K4 - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior > K42 - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law

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