摘要：The study investigates the impact of misery, institutional quality, humancapital, population density and GDP per capita on crime in Pakistan over theperiod 1984 to 2015. The misery index is constructed and Johansen andJuselious test of co-integration is employed to check long run relationshipamong variables. VECM is used to explore short run and long run dynamicsand Toda Yamamoto causality test for causal relationship. Results confirmsignificant long run relationship among crime and its determinants in Pakistan.Two channels of bidirectional causality are found active with human capitalfrom GDP per capita and governance. Unidirectional causality runs from crimeto misery and from misery to institutional quality .The study concludes thatmisery and poor quality of institutions have been contributing to higher crimesstatistics in Pakistan for last three decades. Therefore, government shouldtake steps to reduce misery and to improve institutional quality to mitigatecriminal activities in Pakistan.
