Geography of Crime in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Applied Study on the Eastern Region

Abstract

Abstract:The purpose of this study is to reveal the relationship between the location of the female crime and the rate of its growth, its geographic distribution in the cities and governorates of the Eastern Region, its types and causes, and its linking with a number of variables and demographic, social, economic and ecological characteristics of its committers. The study relied on the descriptive method using the social survey method. An interview form was applied to all (138) female inmates of Dammam prison.

The study revealed an increase in the crime rate in the main cities of the eastern region; more than two-thirds of the committers of crimes in Dammam, 40.58%, and Alkhobar 33.33%. Mostly Asian (57.97%), African women (35.5%). Morality crimes accounted for 33.06%, followed by theft of 28.99%, alcohol and drug offenses 13.64%.

The study showed that the motive for committing the crimes was the economic factor by 43.48%. The study showed a statistically significant relationship of 0.05 between the spatial nature and type of female crime and its high rates in the Eastern Region. It also showed a statistically significant correlation between female crime and the demographic, social and economic characteristics of its committers.

The study also revealed that 44.93% of the inmates of Dammam prison had not been sentenced despite their detention for more than a year, and that 25.36% of convicts had not been released because the guarantor did not waive the case and sometimes for unknown reasons.

The study recommended conducting more research and studies on female crime, especially in urban areas, and speeding up the implementation of the executive and judicial procedures for detainees and convicts, and developing social welfare programs for female inmates.