Socio-economic development of Polish regions and crime
Socio-economic development of Polish regions and crime

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the socio-economic development of different regions of Poland and the number and structure of the most frequent crimes committed in them. The study clearly shows that crimes related to corruption and theft are most frequently committed in the richer regions of Poland, while the number of crimes related to damage to property decreased with the level of socio-economic development. Among the analyzed crimes, the highest correlation with macroeconomic variables was observed in the case of theft and corruption crimes; a particularly strong relationship was found between corruption and the level of GDP and wages, and between the number of thefts and the stock of housing and the level of GDP in the regions. Moreover, the structure and number of crimes in the poorest regions of Poland show many similarities, with five of the eight poorest regions in eastern Poland showing a relationship between the number and types of crimes.

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