Criminality and the deterrence effect in Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Pedro Rodrigues
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Jardim, Stéffany Costa, Teixeira, Evandro Camargos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Segurança Pública (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revista.forumseguranca.org.br/index.php/rbsp/article/view/1263
• topic: Criminalidade, Deterrence, Dados em Painel.; Criminality.; Deterrence.; Dynamic Panel

In view of the exorbitant crime rates observed mainly in developing countries, one of the most importantfactors capable os preventing its evolution refers to the deterrence effect. This corresponds to the existence of dissuasive elements, which act to discourage the advance of crime, with emphasis on those related to the mechanisms of justice and police, denoted by Becker (1968). Thus, this study innovates when considering these mechanisms together, represented by public spending per capita with the justice system and policing, panel was used, where the results demonstrate that only the per capita spending on justice has an impact on crime, but in a positive way, which raises questions about the allocation capacity of public resources in order to stop the progress crime in the country.