Abstract
The main objective of this research was to investigate the effect of intergenerational human capital accumulation on their criminal behavior if it existed. A multistage sampling technique was used for the selection of a sample of 400 respondents who have ever committed a crime and residing in district jails of Punjab, Pakistan. A well-designed interviewing schedule was used to collect information from these respondents. Descriptive analysis shows that majority of the respondents were young and married. Around one-fourth of the respondents were illiterate and about the same proportion had primary level education. The statistical analysis revealed that uneducated respondents had 40 percent more chances to commit the crime as compared to the educated ones. Thus, the set hypothesis that education is significantly affecting to discourage the criminal behavior in the society is upheld. Key Words: Intergenerational, Human capital accumulation, Criminal Behavior, Punjab, Crime, District Jails of Punjab
Highlights
Crime is an act of violence and aggression against an individual and against society as a whole
The results further show that there is a significant relationship between education of the responders and their opinion regarding economic, educational, gender, social, justice, employment and health disparities as the causes to push the people towards crimes
This result is matching to the findings of Marsh & Melville (2014) who found that media is pushing innocent youth to commit crime
Summary
Crime is an act of violence and aggression against an individual and against society as a whole. Crime is interconnected with human beings and is a prime concern for all human beings. It is considered social agreements of persons where rules of conduct are overlooked and in a serious breach, the violation was termed as crime and society undertook to punish the criminal since it was the responsibility of the society to protect the people. As a potentially vital factor, is considered to help individuals refrain from committing obnoxious activities. Education helps individuals to enhance their capacity and abilities and providing opportunities to find an appropriate and legal mode of earnings in comparison with illegitimate earnings e.g., earnings from criminal activities. It is believed that with access to more resources and enhanced earnings, people tend to have fulfilled their basic needs with ease, avoid engaging themselves in criminal activities for the sole cause of earnings
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