The effects of prevention of crime and violence policy in Mexico

Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals

Mario Pavel Díaz Román¹  David Ramírez-de-Garay² 

[1] Candidato a doctor, El Colegio de México;Investigador asociado, Universidad Anáhuac (México);

关键词: PRONAPRED;    Mexico;    prevention;    crime;    violence;    evaluation;   

DOI  :  doi:10.24241/rcai.2017.116.2.101

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This paper addresses two issues that are key to Mexico’s violence and crime prevention policy. The first part reviews how the prevention policy has been shaped over the past 10 years. In the second, the effects of Mexico’s Programa Nacional de Prevención del Delito (PRONAPRED, National Crime Prevention Programme) is analysed using Propensity Score Matching. Using data at the municipal level and taking the homicide and gun-related injuries rates as output variables, we found that PRONAPRED only significantly affects the homicide rate; however, that effect is the opposite of what is expected. The results of this research show that, in order to achieve the intended results, violence and crime prevention policies in Mexico require significant changes.

【 授权许可】

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