Cases Of Theft Are Triggered By Unemployment

Psychologists and criminologists have stressed the need to increase the penalties to deter the phenomenon of stealing money from others in the country, following a recent judicial statistic that revealed an increase in these crimes. Besides focusing on education in the country and developing criminal laws, Al-Qabas daily reports that the government is also creating space for young people to entertain, educate, and develop self-awareness and be beneficial to society and the state. Statistics released by the Ministry of Justice showed that there were 1,831 cases of stealing property from others registered in the past year, with 65% of those accused being non-Kuwaitis.

The sources pointed out that many cases are registered against unknown persons, and the perpetrator is not identified, while the percentage of Kuwaiti victims is 38%. According to "Justice", most cases of money theft are committed by people between the ages of 40 and 50, and between 19 and 30. Al-Qabas was told by senior legal sources that such cases will have a negative and dangerous impact on society, which requires all parties to unite and work together to address them, by monitoring the reasons for their occurrence and eliminating them. Based on the increasing number of cases being received and pending in the courts, the sources called for harsher penalties, tougher laws, and deterrent rulings against the accused.

In her turn, Dr. Naima Al-Taher, Associate Professor of Psychology at Kuwait University, told the daily that when unemployment increases in any country, it increases theft. Therefore, the disguised unemployment that exists in Kuwait from loose workers seeking jobs and not finding them leads them to steal homes, shops, or parked cars in order to obtain money. To hold visa traders accountable, she suggested announcing the names of those arrested in such cases and working seriously to correct the imbalance in demographics. And this can be done by raising awareness and instilling moral values among young people; increasing penalties and spreading legal awareness; enacting laws and legislations that limit the phenomenon and elimination of unemployment and deportation of marginal workers. Meanwhile, Dr Talal Al-Ali, said “crime exists in all societies, and the more cohesive, healthy, happy and successful society is, the less crime will be, and the more corruption spreads and sick values prevail, the more crime spreads and is normalized and dealt with as usual.”

He said that society hasn't developed its tools properly to deal with the underlying causes of such crimes. The basis is to prevent a person from deviating, not to punish him after he commits crimes and try to reform him afterward.” The most prominent issues examined are theft by breaking in or breaking the fence; seizing the property of others; intentional arson; theft by force; breaking into a residence and committing a crime; blackmailing a victim; and destroying public property and cars.

 

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