Crime Rate in Malaysia - Jeshurun Nesaraj

Crime is defined as any act that against the prescript rules and regulations of the nation. One person is considered as a criminal when he or she has done that violate the law either intentionally or otherwise, it is all depending on the jury to judge about it. It is not exaggerating to say that the crime rate in Malaysia has been rising tremendously in the past few years.  In the era of globalization, science and technology are getting more and more advanced than years ago.  Peoples are more concerned about knowledge.  As we can see, schools, colleges and other educational institutions are set up in order to meet the demand of producing more knowledgeable humans.  Undeniably, humans’ brains nowadays are full with all sorts of knowledge but there is a great inclination of morality in their hearts. As a matter of fact, there are a lot of factors that cause this phenomenon to happen.

The growth rate in Malaysia is about 2% a year according to a statistic made.  Therefore, it is inevitable to say that the standard of living of the peoples will reduce slowly with the growing number of population.  More and more people will be using the infrastructure provided by the government and everyone will be fighting for jobs in order to earn a living.  Some less fortunate will choose to earn a living through a very different way, which is through committing crimes, although they know that it is a very bad thing to do.  Examples of crime committed are theft, robbery, and kidnapping.  In short, we can say that population growth is indeed one of the major reasons of increased crime rate.

Besides that, unemployment do contributes to the increased number of crimes, as well.  With relevance to the population growth, unemployment will occur when the jobs offered are not enough for the demanding population.  Other than that, it is believed that youth and crime is seriously connected as youth.  The youths claim that they gain self satisfaction through earning a steady income and at the same time enjoy the excitement and fun when conducting crimes.  It is really sad when knowing that a child choose to go array when their parents spend time and money to educate them, hoping that they will grow more mature.

According to a study, it concluded that a small portion of crimes is conducted by the foreign migrant workers.  Among the crimes this group of people has conducted are murder and rape.   It is a cause of concern as it will affect both the police and society’s image, as well.  There has been a claim saying that it seems to be no action taken against this.  Unlike other countries, whereas foreigners are taken in as contact workers whereby they will be working for only a period of time before returning to their own countries.  The immigrants in Malaysia, on the other hand, are trying to look for better jobs in our country which they think, will lead to a better later in their country of origin.  When they fail to look for one, they will come into conclusion to conducting crime in order to secure a living.  Thus, the influx of immigrant workers is one of the causes for the rise in crime in our country.

As a conclusion, crime rate in Malaysia seems to be increasing over time but it can be another way round too. It depends on us to make it work. Don’t let the criminal stand a chance in this peaceful and harmonious society. It may not be overcome totally but at least we can minimize to make it a better place.