The Effect of Poverty On Crime in Uganda: The Interface.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION .............................................................................................. .i

DEDICATION ................................................................................................ .ii

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .................................................................................. .iii

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS .............................................................................. .iv

LIST OF STATUTES ......................................................................................... v

TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................... vi

CHAPTER ONE .. .......................................................................................... . 1

1.0 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ !

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY .................................................................... 3

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ................................................................... 7

1.3 OBJECTNES OF THE STUDY ........................................................................ 8

1.4 SCOPE OF THE STUDY ................................................................................ 8

1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY .................................................................... 9

1.6 METHODOLOGY ......................................................................................... 9

1.7 LITERATURE REVIEW .............................................................................. 10

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CHAPTER TWO ........................................................................................... 19

2.0 DEFINING POVERTY ................................................................................. 19

2.1 CAUSES OF POVERTY .............................................................................. 20

2.1.1 HISTORY ....................................... · .................................................... : ... 20

2.1.2 WAR AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY ......................................................... 21

2.1 .3 NATIONAL DEBT ................................................................................... 22

2.1.4 DISCRIMINATIONS AND SOCIAL INEQUALITIES ........................................ 23

2.1.5 VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS .............................................. 24

2.1.6 ILL HEALTH AND DISABILITY ............................................................. : ... 24

2.1.7 INHERITANCE OF POVERTY .................................................................... 25

2.1.8 EDUCATION TRAINING AND SKILLS ........................................................ 25

2.1.9 CORRUPTION ....................................................................................... 25

2.2 VICIOUS CIRCLE OF POVERTY .................................................................. 26

2.3 IMPACT OF POVERTY .............................................................................. 27

2.3.1 HUNGER HEALTH AND DEATH ................................................................ 27

2.3 .2 SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ......................................................................... 28

2.3.3 ECONOMIC ........................................................................................... 28

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2.4 DEFINING CRIME ..................................................................................... 29

2.5 CAUSES OF CRIME .................................................................................... 29

2.5.1 POVERTY ............................................................................................. 29

2.5.2 OTHER CAUSES OF CRIME ...................................................................... 32

2.5.3 UNFAIR RULING AND POOR CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM .............................. .32

2.5.4 DRUGS ................................................................................................ .32

2.5.5 DEPRESSION AND MENTAL DISORDERS ................................................... 33

2.5.6 FAMILY CONDITIONS ............................................................................. 33

2.5.7 REGIONALISM ....................................................................................... 34

2.5.8 POLITICS ............................................................................................. .34

2.6 TYPES OF CRIME ........................................................................................................... 35

2.6.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 35

2.6.2 CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS ................................................................... .35

2.6.3 CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY ................................................................... 36

2.6.4 HATE CRIMES ....................................................................................... .36

2.6.5 CRIMES AGAINST MORALITY ................................................................. .36

2.6.6 WHITW COLLAR CRIMES ....................................................................... .37

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2.6.7 ORGANISED CRIMES ............................................................................. 37

2.6.8 POLITICAL CRIMES .............................................................................. .38

CHAPTER THREE ........................................................................................ 39

LEGAL AND INSTITTIONAL FRAMEWORK ...................................................... .39

3.0 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................... 39

3.1 INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK .................................................................. 39

3.2 LEGAL FRAMEWORK ............................................................................... 39

3.3 LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR POVERTY ........................... 39

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3.4 LEGAL AND INSTITUTIIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR CRIME .............................. .44

CHAPTER FOUR .......................................................................................... 50

INTERFACE OF POVERTY AND CRIME ............................................................. 50

4.0 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................... 50

4.1 THE IDEAL AND REALITY ......................................................................... 50

4.2 CLASS STRUGGLES .................................................................................. 52

4.3 UNEMPLOYMENT .................................................................................... 53

4.4 CRIME OPPORTUNITIES ........................................................................... 54

4.5 STRESS AND PERCIEVED INFERIOR EDUCATION ......................................... 55

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CHAPTER FIVE ........................................................................................... 56

OBSERVATIONS, RECOMJ:vIENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION ................................ 56

5.0 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................... 56

5.1 CHOICE THEORY ...................................................................................... 56

5.2 CULTURAL INFLUENCE ............................................................................ 57

5.3 CRIME AS OCCUPATION ............................................................................ 57

5.4 EDUCATION FOR CRIME ............................................................................ 58

5.5 CRIME IN POVERTY STRIKEN AREAS .......................................................... 58

5.6 RECOMJ:vIENDATIONS ............................................................................... 58

CONCLUSION ............................................................................................... 62

REFERENCES ............................................................................................... 63