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Does It Take a Village? Policing Strategies and Fear of Crime in Latin America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Lucia Dammert  and
Mary Fran T. Malone
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Abstract

How can policymakers reduce public fear of crime in Latin America? This study compares the effectiveness of “zero tolerance” and community-based policing strategies in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. At the micro level, it assesses the links between fear of crime and social identity characteristics, contextual factors, the media, community participation, and other insecurities. It finds that citizens' economic, political, and social insecurities are the main determinants of their fear of crime. At the macro level, the study compares levels of public insecurity and finds that cities that employ community-based strategies to fight crime register lower levels of public fear of crime.

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Latin American Politics and Society , Volume 48 , Issue 4 , Winter 2006 , pp. 27 - 51
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Copyright © University of Miami 2006

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