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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
Published 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
Country
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela
Region 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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