Crime in Colombia: More law enforcement or more justice?

This study considers the effect that judicial and police efficiency exercised on crime in 25 of the 33 political-administrative divisions in Colombia during the period 2000- 2011. Specifically, the study seeks to determine whether the reduction of crime was the result of increases in the cost of cri...

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Autores:
Gómez, Catalina
Velásquez, Hermilson
Rendón, Andrés J.
Bohorquez, Santiago
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Fecha de publicación:
2014
Institución:
Universidad EAFIT
Repositorio:
Repositorio EAFIT
Idioma:
eng
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http://hdl.handle.net/10784/2595
Palabra clave:
Crime economy
data panel
police
judicial system
efficiency
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Acceso abierto
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title Crime in Colombia: More law enforcement or more justice?
spellingShingle Crime in Colombia: More law enforcement or more justice?
Crime economy
data panel
police
judicial system
efficiency
title_short Crime in Colombia: More law enforcement or more justice?
title_full Crime in Colombia: More law enforcement or more justice?
title_fullStr Crime in Colombia: More law enforcement or more justice?
title_full_unstemmed Crime in Colombia: More law enforcement or more justice?
title_sort Crime in Colombia: More law enforcement or more justice?
dc.creator.fl_str_mv Gómez, Catalina
Velásquez, Hermilson
Rendón, Andrés J.
Bohorquez, Santiago
dc.contributor.eafitauthor.none.fl_str_mv cgomezt1@eafit.edu.co
evelas@eafit.edu.co
arendonc@eafit.edu.co
sbohorqu@eafit.edu.co
dc.contributor.author.none.fl_str_mv Gómez, Catalina
Velásquez, Hermilson
Rendón, Andrés J.
Bohorquez, Santiago
dc.subject.keyword.eng.fl_str_mv Crime economy
data panel
police
judicial system
efficiency
topic Crime economy
data panel
police
judicial system
efficiency
description This study considers the effect that judicial and police efficiency exercised on crime in 25 of the 33 political-administrative divisions in Colombia during the period 2000- 2011. Specifically, the study seeks to determine whether the reduction of crime was the result of increases in the cost of crime as a result of the strengthening of the country’s security forces, especially the National Police, or instead was due to the greater efficiency of the penal system resulting from a structural change stemming from Act 906 of 2004. To view this we propose a model of dynamic panel data that not only includes the individual and temporal effects of the variables of interest, but also allows us to understand the inertia in criminal behavior. The results indicate an inverse relationship between the number of crimes and the greater efficiency of the police and judicial action, which is consistent with the evidence reported in other international work. Robustness checks confirmed the validity of the findings.
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