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Vol. 19 No. 1-2 (2020)
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Examining the relationship between gambling and crime in Hungary

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2020-12-14
DOI Linkhttps://doi.org/10.21845/comp/2020/1-2/4
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Judit Tessenyi,
Gergely Farkas
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prison SOGS problematic gamblers slot machine
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Tessenyi, J., & Farkas, G. (2020). Examining the relationship between gambling and crime in Hungary. Competitio, 19(1-2), 48-61. https://doi.org/10.21845/comp/2020/1-2/4
Abstract

We examined the connection between gambling and crime with the participation of 175 prisoners from four Hungarian prisons. We used the South Oaks Gambling Screen test to measure gambling behaviour before a prison sentence. We compared our results to our previous research findings of 2009 and 2014. From our 10-year-long perspective, the number of problematic gamblers has reduced in the Hungarian penal system in the past years, but the dilemma is still essential. Feminization, the appearance of gambling-addict women in a significant number, is also a trend we would like to pay attention to. We found 28 per cent of problematic gamblers in the prison population, but only less than half of them said that the reason for their conviction is in connection with gambling. Furthermore, gambling addiction is associated with other addictions in many cases.

Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) codes: I12, K14

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