Abstract: Criminal activities in higher educational institution of Bangladesh are alarmingly increasing day
by day. However, there is no concrete empirical research work to evaluate the pathetic scenario. This study
explored the pattern and hidden facts of criminal activities in the higher educational institution of Bangladesh.
Three universities from different regions of Bangladesh were purposively selected as the study area. Analysis
based on the qualitative method where primary data were collected from students who were accused and punished by their corresponding institutions shows four general patterns of campus crime: social, economic, political and cyber. Psychological instinct, poverty, commodity fetishism, integration-regulation problem, cultural lag, improper political culture, money-power..
Keywords: Crime, Higher Educational Institution, Social crime, Political crime, Economic crime and Cybercrime
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