ACCORDING to Criminology (the study of crime and criminals) there are distinctive factors as to why people involve themselves in criminal activities.Throughout history scholars and criminologists have tried to explain what causes criminal behaviour.Efforts to control this unpleasant behaviour go back to ancient Babylon’s Code of Hammurabi some 3, 700 years ago. By the 21st century, criminologists looked at a wide range of factors to explain why a person would commit crimes – these included biological, social and economic.Recently in Lusaka, there has been a sharp and rapid rise of crime with a notable case being of a 27-year-old woman of Chalala who was robbed and raped by four criminals who have since been arrested and the stolen goods recovered.Furthermore, there have been reported cases of women and school girls being attacked and robbed in public transport minibuses and also late night attacks and robberies in various communities within the greater City.According to the Zambia […]
FACTORS OF INCREASING CRIME RATE IN LUSAKA
