The author begins his arguments by stating the research studies of which studies have shown that the poor economic condition of a country such as high rates of unemployment, low income, and political instability would exacerbate crime rates. The studies shows stronger economic growth leads to increase in wealth and higher level of transferable assets, which in turn leads more lucrative targets or opportunities for potentials …show more content…
An example of the deductive reasoning is based on V which is started with the major detail that is unemployment and crime are said to be closely interlinked. Then the author states the minor detail which is according to another study, unemployment is positively related to crime because when people are unemployed, the opportunities for earning income decrease which encourage the unemployed to commit crime. The study also highlighted that 75 percent of those convicted of crimes confessed they did so due to unemployment and difficulty to sustain a living for themselves and their families. Based on the article, the author’s purpose was to inform readers about the leading causes of crime are poor economic condition, property crimes, countries with high income inequality and unemployment in Malaysia. According to the scientific studies, it have been shown that the poor economic condition of a country such as high rates of unemployment, low income, and political instability would exacerbate crime rates. The overall article state that the statistic of crime rates are high, so the tone of the author portrays is the concerned about the rising crime rate in Malaysia. The author also stated that violent and serious crime such murder, robbery, rape and assault also increased by larger margin. The intended audience that author want to tackle was general public such as the Malaysians, researchers