TY - JOUR
T1 - Institutional anomie theory and gambling-related crime
T2 - An empirical test in Macau
AU - Dai, Mengliang
AU - Zhuang, Xiaoyu
AU - Ng, Ting Kin
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the Guangdong Youth and Adolescence Research Fund, Guangdong Social Science Research Fund (grant number 2021WT013, GD22XSH02).
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© The Author(s) 2023.
PY - 2023/6
Y1 - 2023/6
N2 - To date, scholars have rarely applied institutional anomie theory to gambling-related crime. Using time series data on the rates of illegal gambling, money laundering, organised crime, and drug-related crime, as well as various indicators of the economy and noneconomic social institutions, this study tested the applicability of institutional anomie theory to gambling-related crime. The study found that unemployment positively related to organised crime and drug-related crime. GDP per capita is positively associated with illegal gambling crime, organised crime, and drug-related crime. However, all social institutional variables failed to predict gambling-related crime. Moreover, for the interaction effects, this finding also provided limited and mixed support for the theory. The implications of these findings are discussed.
AB - To date, scholars have rarely applied institutional anomie theory to gambling-related crime. Using time series data on the rates of illegal gambling, money laundering, organised crime, and drug-related crime, as well as various indicators of the economy and noneconomic social institutions, this study tested the applicability of institutional anomie theory to gambling-related crime. The study found that unemployment positively related to organised crime and drug-related crime. GDP per capita is positively associated with illegal gambling crime, organised crime, and drug-related crime. However, all social institutional variables failed to predict gambling-related crime. Moreover, for the interaction effects, this finding also provided limited and mixed support for the theory. The implications of these findings are discussed.
KW - Institutional anomie theory
KW - Macau
KW - gambling-related crime
KW - interaction effect
KW - social institutions
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U2 - 10.1177/26338076231179286
DO - 10.1177/26338076231179286
M3 - Journal article
SN - 2633-8076
VL - 56
SP - 335
EP - 358
JO - Journal of Criminology
JF - Journal of Criminology
IS - 2-3
ER -
