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THE IMPACT OF URBANIZATION IN HIGH RATE OF CRIME: BOGRA PERSPECTIVES (Pages : 4 - 9)

From economic point of view urbanization facilitates the achievement of economic scales that promotes growth and development in the economy. However from social point of view urbanization encourage crimes as the rate of crime is higher in large cities and in urbanized areas. The present study was conducted in two wards of Bogra town and from this two wards, six areas are selected as part of study area, i.e. Nishindara (Upashahr), Thonthonia, Borogola, Matidali, Charmatha and Sathmatha; for a period of three months-commencing from June to August 2013. The objectives of the study were; to explore the nature, causes and consequences of crime in Bogra city, and to identify the interrelationships between crime and urbanization. A well structured questionnaire was employed to capture the findings of the study. A total 40 respondents were interviewed and they were selected by the accidental sampling method. The MS-Excel software was used to analysis the surveyed data. All respondents mentioned their opinion on deferent types of crime. 2.5% mentioned new pattern of crime, 15% gambling, 27.5% bribery, 32.5% threat, 5% theft and streaking, 7.5% house breaking, and 10% of the respondents mentioned other types of crime. According to the respondents 40% crime occur at day, while 60% at night. Respondents mentioned the major causes of high rate of crime as for breaking of laws (35%), for lack of proper rules (32.5%), for power of money (25%), for shelter from godfather (5%) and for breaking of family bondage (2.5%). About 25% respondents motioned increasing of crime is the result of relationship between urbanization and crime. The present study indicate that 15% thrift, 60% robbery, 22.5% little conflict among people and 2.5% of family conflict occurred due to urbanization. Respondent also mentioned about changing patterns of crime in urban area. They said about the crime of mobile phone threat (32.5%), murder (30%), video pornography (20%), and drug (17.5%). Significant number Download