Research Article

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

Table 2

Parameters for the crime model and their various descriptions.

ParameterDescription

Recruitment rate into the population
Natural and crime-induced death rates
Modification parameters
Text messages (SMS) rates
Correctional success rate leading to criminal career termination
Psychotherapy (trauma rehabilitation) success rate leading to emotional stabilisation of victims of criminal event
Progression rates into criminal career and victims of crime
Probability of identification and investigation of active criminals (reformation rate)
Probability of trauma management given victimisation (psychotherapeutic rate for traumatised victims)
Modification parameters
Effective contact rates for criminalisation and victimisation
Criminalisation and victimisations rates