Douglason G. Omotor  , 
    Socio-Economic Determinants of Crime in Nigeria,
    Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences,
    Volume 6,Issue 2,
    2009,
    Pages 54-59,
    ISSN 1683-8831,
    pjssci.2009.54.59,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=pjssci.2009.54.59)
    Abstract: The study estimates the dynamics of socio-economic determinants of crime in Nigeria from 1981-2005 using an error-correction model. The exclusive socio-economic determinants are population, literacy, unemployment, inflation and income. The study analysed the long-run causality between security or crime and discomfort applying the error-correction based, Granger causality technique and dynamic error-correction method. The results revealed that unemployment is the most important determinant of crime in Nigeria. The evidence that insecurity Granger causes discomfort is also established.
    Keywords: Causality;cointegration;crime;error-correction;unemployment;Nigeria