本文利用1998年至2010年臺灣地區20個縣市的動態追蹤資料，將犯罪分為全般刑案犯罪、竊盜案犯罪與暴力犯罪3種，分別進行所得分配不均程度對3種犯罪影響之實證研究。
實證結果顯示，所得分配不均程度對於全般刑案發生件數、竊盜案發生件數與暴力犯罪發生件數皆有顯著的正向關係，失業率與青壯年人口比例則對3種犯罪皆沒有顯著影響，其他解釋變數至少對1種犯罪有顯著影響。本文實證結果亦支持犯罪預期效用理論與社會迷亂、解組、衝突及緊張理論可用於解釋臺灣地區之犯罪行為。

This paper investigates the impact of income inequality on grand total crime, larceny and violent crime by using the dynamic panel data of 20 cities and counties in Taiwan during 1998 to 2010.
The empirical results show that income inequality has a significant positive impact on grand total crime, larceny and violent crime, but unemployment rate and the proportion of the population between 15 and 64 years old both have no significant influence on three kinds of crimes. Moreover the effect of the other explanatory variables is significant on at least one kind of crimes. The empirical results also support that the criminal expected utility theory, social anomic, disorganization, conflict and strain theories are helpful to explain the criminal behavior of Taiwan.

論文審定書................................................................................i
中文摘要...................................................................................ii
英文摘要..................................................................................iii
第一章 緒論..............................................................................1
第一節 研究動機與目的..........................................................1
第二節 研究範圍與理論基礎..................................................2
第二章 文獻回顧......................................................................8
第一節 遞延的犯罪與所得分配不均對犯罪之影響..............8
第二節 平均每人所得與教育程度高低對犯罪之影響........11
第三節 失業率對犯罪之影響................................................13
第四節 犯罪破獲率與離婚率對犯罪之影響........................17
第三章 資料敘述與模型探討................................................20
第一節 變數來源與定義........................................................20
第二節 敘述統計分析............................................................25
第三節 模型理論探討............................................................30
第四章 實證結果與比較........................................................34
第一節 實證模型說明............................................................34
第二節 全般刑案之實證結果與比較....................................37
第三節 竊盜案之實證結果與比較........................................39
第四節 暴力犯罪之實證結果與比較....................................41
第五章 結論與建議................................................................43
第一節 結論............................................................................43
第二節 建議............................................................................46
參考文獻.................................................................................48

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