经济与犯罪之普遍联系形式(上)

Forms of Universal Connection between Economy and Crime

统计资料表明,不同国家、不同时期经济与犯罪的联系形式多种多样,这使二者关系之“正相关说”和“反相关说”都难以成立。而“弱相关说”或“不相关说”也易被误解为二者没有重要联系。实际上,若把视角移至私有经济比重和经济发展类型上,就会发现经济对于犯罪的作用极其重大,彼此之逻辑关联也很确切。其中最显著的是,犯罪水平和走势都主要由私有经济比重所决定,规模扩张型经济的发展一般都会引起犯罪增加等,尽管在政治、人口、文化等因素影响下也有例外。

Statistical data indicates that forms of connection between economy and crime vary in different countries in different periods. In fact, examining from the angles of private economy proportion and types of economic development, we can find that for crime, economy plays an important role. The most outstanding character is that the level and trend of crime are determined by private economy proportion. The development of large-scale production is to lead to the rise of crime rate..