The Nexus between Urban Property Crime and Unemployment in Addis Ababa: The Case of Addis Ketema Sub-City Wereda 8
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2019-07
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A.A.U
Abstract
Economic factors have an influence on the state of people’s lives which in turn influence their
behavior. The main objective of this thesis is to examine the nexus between urban property
crime and unemployment in Addis Ababa with particular emphasis on Addis Ketema sub-city
wereda 8. The study assessed the influence of unemployment that prompt criminal behavior.
The study employed descriptive qualitative and quantitative methods to collect and analysis
data. Primary data were collected from 90 respondents through Close-ended questionnaire,
semi-structured open-ended key informant interview and document analysis. Probability and
Non-probability sampling technique was used to select a sample. The statistical package for
social science (SPSS) was used in data entry. As the findings of the study show, unemployment
influences the tendency of individuals to commit urban property crime; unemployed individuals
highly involved on urban property crime than employed individuals, unemployed rural-urban
migrants contribute for the prevalence rate of unemployment as well as urban property crime.
On the basis of the findings, the researcher recommended that, the creation of adequate job
opportunities especially for youth unemployed, enhancing and expanding the capacity of small
and micro enterprises, properly implement the youth employment policy and unemployment
reduction policy in order to their objective, enhancing the entrepreneurship skill of the students
by giving entrepreneurship as one subject in all educational institution, while create an
appropriate rural-urban economic balance to reduce unemployed migrants. In conclusion,
unemployment has an influence on the incidences and prevalence of urban property crime.
Description
A Thesis Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies of Addis Ababa
University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of
Masters in Public Management and Policy
Keywords
Property crimes, Unemployment, Urban crime