• Gezahegn Girma Meshesha

Abstract The industrial and labor market contexts of counties have a significant effect on individual criminal behavior above and beyond the influence of individual employment(Thomas p.,2001).The manufacturing sector and industrial estates have, by comparison, been a relatively neglected target for crime prevention, yet these areas play an important part in the economic life and well being of our towns and cities. This study provides the first systematic description in this adama dembela sub city of the crime problems facing businesses on industrial estates and identifies the sort of strategic action that might be taken to prevent such problems in the future. Even though some research have been done on crimes by employee at industry, it was not focused on property crimes done by both employee and un employee at expansion of industries.to fill this gap I conducted my research focused on the title of expansion industries and property crime rates in Adama dembela sub city ETUR textile PLC in focus. For this study many supportive literature reviews were included. Such as; theories of Development, Structural, Strain theory, Ecological theories of crime, rational Choice Theory, Marxist criminology theory and deterrence theory.The study was employed descriptive method of research and utilized both quantitative and qualitative research approach by using 75(10%)(for questionnaire) and 12(for key informant interview) is my sample size. A combination of sampling techniques was probably (simple random and stratified sampling) to conduct questioners survey for quantitative data collection as well as data analysis and non-probability (purposive and judgmental sampling ) for key informant interview and FGD had employed due to the issue of the research. The data was analyzed and interpreted depending on three research questions. According to the finding revealed that as industries are expanded, the property crime committed with employee and unemployed are also increased. majority of property crimes are committed with employee rather than unemployed. Conclusion of the research is weak active response of industry to employee and farmers’ complaints towards to their benefit and payment, weak structures of community policing and active response of police to crime, lack of technology aid crime prevention, less collaboration of industry and police organization with different stalk-holder are factors to increasing property crimes as industry is expanding. To recommend that industry managements, police institutions, community policing board and any stalk holder are may be better to find solution to the above listed factors.

Key word : industry, property crime, employee, victimization, factors, measurements

"AN ASSESSMENT OF EXPANSION OF INDUSTRIES AND PROPERITY CRIME RATES: THE CASE OF ADAMA DEMBELA SUB CITY ETUR TEXTILE INDUSTRY IN FOCUS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 11, page no.b234-b247, November-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2311130.pdf

"AN ASSESSMENT OF EXPANSION OF INDUSTRIES AND PROPERITY CRIME RATES: THE CASE OF ADAMA DEMBELA SUB CITY ETUR TEXTILE INDUSTRY IN FOCUS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 11, page no. ppb234-b247, November-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2311130.pdf