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Goals Met or Just Empty Promises? First Version of the Democratic Security Policy in Colombia

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  • Gerson Javier Pérez V.

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Exploiting spatial and temporal variations in the number of seizures from criminal organizations, I estimate regional fixed effects models of the increase in the number of properties confiscated on the main crime rates. From 2002 security strategies changed, and as a result, the effects on crime rates are mostly large, negative and significant. There was a clear reduction in crimes commonly committed by organized criminals, including guerrillas, paramilitaries and drug-traffickers, such as auto-theft, terrorism, terrestrial piracy, and kidnappings. In contrast, crimes usually committed by common criminals, such as street robberies and burglaries were unaffected by the new security policy.

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  • Gerson Javier Pérez V., 2012. "Goals Met or Just Empty Promises? First Version of the Democratic Security Policy in Colombia," Borradores de Economia 700, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
    • Handle: RePEc:bdr:borrec:700
    DOI: 10.32468/be.700
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    Crime; security policies; regional analysis;
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    • K1 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law
    • H5 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies
    • R5 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis

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