Research Article

Nonlinear Analysis of the Dynamics of Criminality and Victimisation: A Mathematical Model with Case Generation and Forwarding

Table 1

Variables for the crime model and their descriptions.

VariableDescription

At risk individuals (individuals susceptible to criminality)
Individuals that are exposed to violent thoughts and behaviours and are fantasising criminality
Active or career offenders (individuals in a criminal career with nonzero offending frequency)
Criminal individuals in correctional (reformation) facilities
Individuals on whom criminal assault was foiled or persons with criminally attractive properties that are close to a previous criminal event victims of criminal event
Victims of criminal event
Victims of crime being rehabilitated of trauma
Density of criminal cases forwarded through text messages (SMS)