Recommendations for future research

It is recommended that an economic impact assessment of crime on economic growth be conducted using a data of at least more than 20 years. It is also recommended that future research should test the various types of crimes and their impacts on economic growth in South Africa.

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APPENDIX A: Data

Year Crime Ue GDP Poverty RIR REER 2003Q1 646296 9.3 1 416 210 12 17 21 2003Q2 646296 9.3 1 423 126 12 16 20 2003Q3 646296 9.3 1 430 849 12 14 20 2003Q4 646296 9.3 1 439 103 12 12 19 2004Q1 604002 6.6 1 460 889 12 12 19 2004Q2 604002 6.6 1 481 304 12 12 18 2004Q3 604002 6.6 1 505 525 12 11 19 2004Q4 604002 6.6 1 521 602 12 11 20 2005Q1 550238 6.7 1 537 071 11 11 20 2005Q2 550238 6.7 1 564 655 11 11 19 2005Q3 550238 6.7 1 585 991 11 11 19 2005Q4 550238 6.7 1 596 611 11 11 21 2006Q1 540745 6.4 1 620 881 11 11 22 2006Q2 540745 6.4 1 647 548 11 11 21 2006Q3 540745 6.4 1 671 028 11 12 21 2006Q4 540745 6.4 1 697 027 11 12 21 2007Q1 524336 6.4 1 723 976 10 12 21 2007Q2 524336 6.4 1 737 298 10 13 22 2007Q3 524336 6.4 1 758 806 10 14 23 2007Q4 524336 6.4 1 784 580 10 14 23 2008Q1 536610 6.4 1 797 349 10 14 28 2008Q2 536610 6.4 1 817 440 10 15 30 2008Q3 536610 6.4 1 825 568 10 15 27 2008Q4 536610 6.4 1 817 771 10 15 24 2009Q1 542743 6.4 1 788 410 9 14 23 2009Q2 542743 6.4 1 775 683 9 12 23 2009Q3 542743 6.4 1 783 569 9 11 22 2009Q4 542743 6.4 1 798 886 9 11 22 2010Q1 528750 6.4 1 816 688 9 10 21 2010Q2 528750 6.4 1 829 347 9 10 21 2010Q3 528750 6.4 1 843 316 9 10 20 2010Q4 528750 6.4 1 863 701 9 9 21 2011Q1 537750 6.4 1 884 700 9 14 21 2011Q2 537750 6.4 1 890 573 9 12 20 2011Q3 537750 6.4 1 897 382 9 11 20 2011Q4 537750 6.4 1 911 890 9 11 19