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Combatendo Homicídios no Brasil: O que Funciona em São Paulo Funciona na Bahia?

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  • Adolfo Sachsida
  • Mario Jorge Cardoso de Mendonça

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O objetivo central deste estudo é verificar se as políticas de repressão aos homicídios têm efeitos similares em diferentes estados. Esses métodos de repressão ao crime podem ser divididos em: políticas de incapacitação (encarceramento) e políticas de detenção (taxas de policiamento). Usando dados de homicídio, tanto oficiais como os estimados por Cerqueira (2013), constatou-se que estratégias policiais parecem fazer diferença no combate aos homicídios, o que contradiz o estudo de Levitt (2004) para os Estados Unidos. Sendo assim, os resultados encontrados sugerem que diferentes estratégias policiais podem ter impactos distintos no combate ao crime. Além disso, constatou-se que a mudança na lei de combate às drogas, de 2006, teve como consequência não desejada enfraquecer o impacto da taxa de encarceramento sobre a taxa de homicídios. This article verifies the different effects of legal repression over homicide rates across Brazilian states. We analyze the impacts of two different kinds of legal repression: incapacitation (rate of individuals serving time in jail in relation to 100,000 inhabitants) and deterrence (rate of police officers in relation to 100,000 inhabitants). We use both official homicides rate and the adjusted homicides rate estimated by Cerqueira (2013). Our econometric results suggest that different police strategies can have different impact over the homicide rate, which contradicts the study of Levitt (2004). Furthermore, we find evidence that the new Anti-Drug Law of 2006 had as an unintended consequence the decrease of the impact of incarceration rate over homicide rate.

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  • Adolfo Sachsida & Mario Jorge Cardoso de Mendonça, 2014. "Combatendo Homicídios no Brasil: O que Funciona em São Paulo Funciona na Bahia?," Discussion Papers 1979, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada - IPEA.
  • Handle: RePEc:ipe:ipetds:1979
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