Abstract

The growth of crime rates are on the increase all over the world and Niger ia is not an exception Crime the intentional illegal action committed by any person for which such a person can punish by law does not have a definite cause but rather combination of causes which may include economic situatio n social environment personality traits and family structures This study investigates if socioeconomic wellbeing has a mediating effect on relationship between facial emotional recognition and the tendency to commit crime among hospital workers in Imo state A total of 150 75 males and 75 females workers were randomly selected to participate in this study Three instruments were used in this study which includes Criminal Behaviour Rating Scale CBRS developed by Animasahun 2011 Socio-economic wellbeing scale developed by Obi-Nwosu 2018 and Facial emotion scale developed by Paul Ekman The willing participants after signing the consent form were provided with copies of the questionnaires which were distributed and directives of how to fill them was given by the researcher The researcher explained the content of the questionnaire and this helped the participants to easily fill the questionnaires independently As participants turned in their questionnaires the researcher administered the facial emotion recognition test to them individually repelling and discouraging interference from participants who were waiting to be assessed After collecting the data the questionnaires were collated and the data collected analyzed The Pearson s correlation was used to analyze the data