Broken windows policing and crime: Evidence from 80 Colombian cities

Códigos JEL: K42, O17, E26, J48, C93

Autores:: Mejía, Daniel
Norza Céspedes, Ervyn Hermilzon
Tobón, Santiago
Vanegas-Arias, Martín

Tipo de recurso:: Work document

Fecha de publicación:: 2022

Institución:: Universidad de los Andes

Repositorio:: Séneca: repositorio Uniandes

Idioma:: eng

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spelling	Mejía, Danielf7a537f6-3b70-4857-94be-2dfd31ab77d7600Norza Céspedes, Ervyn Hermilzon11336600Tobón, Santiagoc8950e3c-50c3-49b4-9f3f-7c7685874718600Vanegas-Arias, Martínd0bf750b-ce7e-4d4b-bede-6f77676ebaf26002022-06-17T14:05:45Z2022-06-17T14:05:45Z2022-06http://hdl.handle.net/1992/580651657-719110.57784/1992/58065instname:Universidad de los Andesreponame:Repositorio Institucional Sénecarepourl:https://repositorio.uniandes.edu.co/Códigos JEL: K42, O17, E26, J48, C93We study the effects of broken windows policing on crime using geo-located crime and arrest reports for 80 Colombian cities. Broadly defined, broken windows policing consists of intensifying arrests -sometimes for minor offenses- to deter potential criminals. To estimate causal effects, we build grids of 200 × 200 meters over the urban perimeter of all cities and produce event studies to look at the effects of shocks in police activity in the periods to follow. We use spikes in the number of arrests with no warrant -which are more likely associated with unplanned police presence- as a proxy for shocks in broken windows policing. As expected, we observe an increase in crimes during the shock period, as each arrest implies at least one crime report. In the following periods, crimes decrease both in the place of the arrests and the surroundings. With many treated grids and many places exposed to spillovers, these effects add up. On aggregate, the crime reduction offsets the observed increase during the shock period. Direct effects are more immediate and precise at low crime grids, but beneficial spillovers seem more relevant at crime hot spots. The effects of broken windows policing circumscribe to cities with low or moderate organized crime, consistent with criminal organizations planning their activities more systematically than disorganized criminals.34 páginasapplication/pdfengUniversidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDEFacultad de EconomíaDocumentos CEDE No. 17 Junio de 2022https://ideas.repec.org/p/col/000089/020199.htmlhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Broken windows policing and crime: Evidence from 80 Colombian citiesDocumento de trabajoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaperinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_8042Texthttp://purl.org/redcol/resource_type/WPCrimeViolencePoliceArrestsSpilloversEconomíaPublicationTEXTdcede2022-17.pdf.txtdcede2022-17.pdf.txtExtracted texttext/plain57820https://repositorio.uniandes.edu.co/bitstreams/8f438350-8770-42a3-9b8c-6cf3ce197912/download634532e97ec62bcd1753a41ab0d91686MD53THUMBNAILdcede2022-17.jpgdcede2022-17.jpgimage/jpeg67339https://repositorio.uniandes.edu.co/bitstreams/859ed36b-ea92-4369-921a-74815ee89a34/download0f0bfdf719bd8e4a6c21a808ccd7b489MD52dcede2022-17.pdf.jpgdcede2022-17.pdf.jpgIM Thumbnailimage/jpeg19240https://repositorio.uniandes.edu.co/bitstreams/01501095-7429-4fc1-901e-2fc2c6ecd252/download82124e228ce9404fec8c1892582690ecMD54ORIGINALdcede2022-17.pdfdcede2022-17.pdfapplication/pdf12424459https://repositorio.uniandes.edu.co/bitstreams/cc763c9e-60e9-4fb5-85e3-73ab1339f291/downloaddc16f559cbd85ffc75558dba58ea7b72MD511992/58065oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/580652024-06-04 15:39:42.774http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/open.accesshttps://repositorio.uniandes.edu.coRepositorio institucional Sénecaadminrepositorio@uniandes.edu.co
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title	Broken windows policing and crime: Evidence from 80 Colombian cities
spellingShingle	Broken windows policing and crime: Evidence from 80 Colombian cities Crime Violence Police Arrests Spillovers Economía
title_short	Broken windows policing and crime: Evidence from 80 Colombian cities
title_full	Broken windows policing and crime: Evidence from 80 Colombian cities
title_fullStr	Broken windows policing and crime: Evidence from 80 Colombian cities
title_full_unstemmed	Broken windows policing and crime: Evidence from 80 Colombian cities
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dc.creator.fl_str_mv	Mejía, Daniel Norza Céspedes, Ervyn Hermilzon Tobón, Santiago Vanegas-Arias, Martín
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dc.subject.keyword.spa.fl_str_mv	Crime Violence Police Arrests Spillovers
topic	Crime Violence Police Arrests Spillovers Economía
dc.subject.themes.spa.fl_str_mv	Economía
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Broken windows policing and crime: Evidence from 80 Colombian cities

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