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What Public Policies Do Citizens Want for Combating Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean? A Dataset

By Department of Research and Chief Economist (VPS/RES/RES)

Crime is a major problem in Latin America and the Caribbean. With 9 percent of the world's population, the region accounts for 33 percent of global homicides. This dataset makes extensive new survey data available to help identify what anti-crime policies citizens in the region demand from their governments, as well as who is demanding what and why. This dataset accompanies a recent report on Combating Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Identifier https://doi.org/10.60966/4yfv-8488
License Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivs 3.0 IGO
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Cafferata, Fernando Gabriel;Scartascini, Carlos, 2021, What Public Policies Do Citizens Want for Combating Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean? A Dataset, IDB Open Data, https://doi.org/10.60966/4yfv-8488
Issued date 2021-06-22
Modified date 2025-04-10
Tags/Keywords Citizen Safety · Citizen Security and Crime Prevention · Crime Prevention · Crime Rate · Delinquency · Police Force · Police Service · Public Policy · Victim of Violence
Language English
Temporal coverage 2016-2017
Geographic coverage
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela
Regional coverage Latin America and the Caribbean
Publisher
Inter-American Development Bank
Author
Cafferata, Fernando Gabriel
Scartascini, Carlos
Data collection type Survey Data
Statistical type Cross-sectional Data
Data structure Structured Data

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