AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF VIOLENT CRIMES COMMITTED BY FOREIGN NATIONALS IN SOUTH KOREA
Kim S. Yu W.
2023Corvinus University of Budapest
Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
2023#14Issue 273 - 101 pp.
As the number of foreigners residing in South Korea has increased, the overall scale of crimes committed by non-Korean nationals and the associated public anxiety have both risen. This paper seeks to explore the trends in violent crimes committed by foreigners in Korea by examining crime statistics from the Korean National Police Agency and immigration data from the Korean Ministry of Justice. Additionally, this paper empirically examines the attributes of the home countries of foreign criminals who are arrested in Korea. The results of our analysis, based on the violent crime statistics for foreign nationals of twelve types from 2003 to 2019, reveal that foreigners from higher-income countries with better educational environments are more likely to be involved in violent criminal activities. Individuals from countries with relatively strong law enforcement are less likely to engage in violent crime while residing in South Korea.
country-level panel analysis , crime statistics , foreign crimes in Korea
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Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
Department of Economics, KIMEP University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Graduate School of International Studies
Department of Economics
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