Socio-Economic Crimes: Analysis of Causation

Abstract

Crime problem is a major obstacle for peace, development and overall wellbeing of public at large. Crime is universal reality; crime co-exist with the human existence. For crime two contrasting truth exist at the same time that not only crime is universal but also crime is relative. In previous society enmity, jealousy, need and necessity were prime reasons of crime commission but now in modern society mainly crime is committed due to the greed, avarice and rapaciousness. Impacts of crimes committed due to greed are more serious. Crimes committed due to greed are termed as socio-economic crimes. Socio-economic crimes are completely different from traditional crime and criminality in every reference whether victim or impacts over him, availability of evidences or nature of evidences, criminal or mode of commission of crime by him, therefore, for tackling of socio-economic crime and criminality completely different and effective measures have to be envisaged and used. Special penal statutes are enacted, specialised investigating agencies are established and special courts are constituted and conferred with special jurisdiction but socio-economic crimes are day by day creating more and more serious challenges before the society at large. Law and legal instrumentalities may better function to tackle any crime problem when enactment and enforcement of law are focused on causation of crime and criminality. Causation of socio-economic crime will be analysed in this paper. Keywords: Causation; Corporate crime; Criminal Justice system; Greed; Socio-economic crimes; Strain; Urbanisation