Analyzing the Distribution Pattern of Theft Crimes and the Motives for Committing Them in the United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi

Abstract

The study mainly aimed to identify the distribution pattern of robbery crimes in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates during the period (2012-2019), and to identify the social, economic and personal motives for committing theft crimes from the point of view of the perpetrators of the inmates of reform centers in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. To achieve its objectives, the study used the descriptive survey methodology to determine the patterns of the crime of theft and its trends in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi for the period (2012-2019). The study sample consisted of (288) inmates who were inmates in the correction and rehabilitation centers in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi from the perpetrators of theft crimes, in order to identify the motives. Socio-economic and personal to reform the crime of theft. The results of the study revealed a general trend of decreasing the number of robbery crimes in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi during the period (2012-2019). The results related to the detection of patterns of theft crimes in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi based on the percentage index and means according to the variables: gender, marital status the educational level, religion, employment status, and the type of crime for the prevalence of the male pattern, the married class, the level of secondary education and the Islamic religion, and the pattern of the crime of house theft in Abu Emirate. The results showed that the general level of social, economic and personal factors driving the perpetration of theft crimes among the inmates of the reform and rehabilitation centers in The Emirate of Abu Dhabi was medium, and the results showed that the economic motives leading to committing theft crimes have achieved the first rank at a high level, and the social factors driving theft crimes came in the second rank, with a medium level, and in the third and last order the area of ​​personal factors and a medium level.