Analysis of the Influence of Migrant Socioeconomic Factors to the Criminal Behavior at the Surabaya City

Abstract

The research aimed at knowing the socioeconomic conditions of criminals after migrated to Surabaya City , Indonesia, and analyze the socioeconomic fa ctors to the emergence of criminal behavior. To know the social condition and the causing social factors of criminal behavior, then the research used qualitative approach that aims to dig the real meaning about the conditions and causing social factors of the criminal behavior. The research informants is the criminal migrants of 74 persons, at the custody of East Java Regional Police, City Police of Surabaya, and City Police of Tanjung Perak Port. The results showed that the socio economic conditions of the doers afte r migrated to Surabaya City is constant, because of interested in the urban culture that more modern to the rural area, and expect able to change their appearance and have urban characters, while the migrant’s life standard that decrease because do not have skill to get job. In the mean time, the socio economic factors of migrant that cause the criminal behaviors because only graduated from Senior High Schools /Aliyah that were not vocational education so do not have skills to get job, the emergence of disappointment in reaching the welfare, the criminal behaviors do not consider the religious precepts, moderate job sustainability with low income, difficulty in finding a job because of less job place availability, intense competition, many dependents out of family, influenced by milieu .