The social and geographical dimensions of crime in Libya

(geographical study)

Abstract

Crime is a developed social phenomenon that exists in any human society, but its features and causes vary relatively, from one place to another, and from one society to another. The Libyan Arab society is not isolated from others, as it also suffers from what many societies suffer from in... The world of its danger and spread. This phenomenon, like other phenomena, has its geographical and social dimensions, which this research will address, pointing to the definition of crime, its types, its development, and the effects of its spread in Libya, in number and percentage, for the period covered between 2912 and 2018 AD. The study aimed to identify crime as a social phenomenon in Libya, its effects and methods of treatment to put all state institutions in the picture, relying on a methodology based on the descriptive analytical method, which is one of the methods commonly used in the social and human sciences, and the statistical method to indicate the number of crimes according to classification and The period of time ends with a set of results, the most important of which are: Crime has become a fertile field for geographical research and studies, and its numbers have varied between rising and falling at the level of Libyan cities, as a result of the circumstances that the country is going through. The social and geographical dimension also has an impact on the development of crime there. Its elements were exploited as factors that helped in its spread and the multiplicity of its types, and it became a threat to society, and even the state and its institutions. In that, it recommended activating the role of educational institutions in limiting its spread and including it as studies at the level of master’s theses and doctoral dissertations, and activating the role of the population and their participation. Effective support for the state and its security services, and pointed to the role of media institutions through their programs and support for security and police institutions by supporting them with modern equipment and devices. Keywords: dimension, features, confined, isolated.