<![CDATA[Economic model assumes that an individual committing crimes is rational because the income which is generated through illegal occupations has greater expected utility than the legal. The expected utility which is the result of cost-benefit analysis will be weighted whether if illegal or legal occupations committed or not. Therefore, some experts developed supply of offense function as economic model, which indicates the factors affecting the total number of crimes as empirical study. The application of supply of offense function supported with multiple linear regression function, the factors affecting the total number of crimes in Indonesia have following results: wage rate variables indicated a negative and significant result and government expenditure variables indicated positive and significant result, but the imprisonment rate variables did not have significant result with the total number of crimes in Indonesia.]]>
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