Ming Chuan University Department of Criminal Justice

Director Chang, Kuang-Ming was interviewed by TBVS news station	2022/7/28

Director Chang, Kuang-Ming was interviewed by TBVS news station: High inflation induces crime! South Korean research: Inflation increases murder rate \| Ten points are different 20220728 High inflation induces crime! South Korea Research: Inflation Murder Rate Rising Reporter LIU,YEN-HSUAN /Photo LI,WEI-HUA Report Release Time: 2022/07/28 23:16 Affected by soaring prices, the world is facing the challenge of inflation! Research in South Korea and the United States has found that a spike in inflation leads to an increase in crime, with South Korea pointing out that a 1% increase in inflation is associated with a 1.75% increase in the murder rate. The crime rate in major cities in the United States has also increased significantly in the past year. Some experts said that high inflation will not only impact the economy, but also bring social security issues. Financial management YouTuber Selena: "I made this video because I personally experienced this whole unlisted stock peddling, and finally found out that he should be a scam." I took the video and shared my personal experience with netizens. Recently, investment fraud has become more and more common . The more, financial YouTuber Selena is also very impressed. Financial YouTuber Selena: "I get scam text messages every day, saying that they want to add LINE or something. Then I also had a friend who was by my side before, because he recently invested in virtual currency, and then virtual currency All the assets in some accounts have been hacked.” Affected by inflation and the epidemic, many people want to increase passive income, and there are not a few people who fall into the trap of investment fraud, and lose everything if they are not careful. Financial management YouTuber Selena: "Real estate at home and abroad may make people think that if I invest, I can resist inflation. Then the example I heard is that real estate investment in Southeast Asia is not very popular now, and then that case is It happened in Cambodia, and then he met him and bought it, and after a long time, there was no text, and the person disappeared." Inflation has become a catalyst for crime, and cases of fake investment and real fraud have occurred in the past six months. Come on, there is indeed an increasing trend. Reporter Liu Yanxuan: "Global inflation continues to rise, and rising prices have made many people want to create wealth through different investment channels, but they do not know they have become the coveted targets of fraud groups. According to the statistics of the Criminal Bureau, in the past four years, there have been investment fraud cases. Just an increase of 7.95%. From January to June this year alone, there were as many as 2,912 cases, and the amount of property damage was as high as NT$1.3 billion. Experts have called for high inflation not only to cause economic problems, but also social security problems. ” A South Korean study found that the higher the inflation rate, the higher the rate of murder and theft. For every 1 percent increase in inflation, the murder rate increases by 1.75 percent and theft increases by 0.66 percent. Not only in South Korea, inflation in the United States has reached a 40-year high, and the crime rate in major cities has increased significantly in the past year, mainly because of the type of crime that focuses on economic benefits. Chang, Kuang-Ming, Director of the Department of Criminal Justice of Ming Chuan University: "Of course there is a relationship between the economy and crime. An obvious example is that in the 1930s, the Great Depression in the United States led to a high crime rate, which caused crime Learning has become a very important and obvious learning, which can explain the relationship between the economy and the crime rate. This relationship cannot be seen in Taiwan, and this is because of the special characteristics of our Chinese, our living habits, and our The impact caused by the social structure. Therefore, American research and American data may not be able to fully show the crime phenomenon on our side.” The increase in total expenditure will exacerbate social unrest, and a sense of relative deprivation will arise spontaneously. But experts also analyzed that although high inflation-induced crime does exist, there are still many factors to consider. Investigator LOU,YI-HUI of the Prevention Division of Criminal Investigation Bureau: "Inflation is also closely related to life, because it means that everyone's salary has become thinner. If you want to say that you can increase or decrease the investment, I can subsidize it a little with a small amount of money. The cost of living seems to be ok. This kind of mentality of small investment is actually the mentality of the fraud group. He may tell you at the beginning that we have a small amount plan, you can come and see, then When the people really try and join in, they will cheat you of more money later.” When the inflation monster strikes, people’s life is getting harder and harder, and crimes occur under pessimism, which triggers a chain of events. The effect, hidden behind the security crisis.

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