Trends, explanations and police control of violent crime under bolivarian government

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Autor(a) principal: Gabaldón, Luis Gerardo
Data de Publicação: 2016
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: spa
Título da fonte: Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais (Porto Alegre. Online)
Texto Completo: https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/civitas/article/view/24231
Resumo: Violent crime, particularly homicide, have sharply increased since the 1990´s and exponentially since 1998, as a leftist government was established in Venezuela. Scholar explanations within the country mostly rely on inequality, strain, deprivation, drug markets and even impunity as main associated factors, although government successfully reduced inequality, especially since 2005, while the crime rate soared, and promoted a police reform aimed to foster professionalism and moderate use of force. This contradiction is discussed in the context of an inconclusive police reform, a lack of control of firearms and increased intervention of the military in public safety issues, which probably have contributed to situational violence beyond policies for reduction of social inequality.
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spelling Trends, explanations and police control of violent crime under bolivarian governmentTendencias, explicaciones y control policial frente a la violencia delictiva bajo el gobierno bolivarianoCrime. Police. Public policy. Chavism. Venezuela.Delincuencia. Policía. Política pública. Chavismo. Venezuela.PoliciaViolent crime, particularly homicide, have sharply increased since the 1990´s and exponentially since 1998, as a leftist government was established in Venezuela. Scholar explanations within the country mostly rely on inequality, strain, deprivation, drug markets and even impunity as main associated factors, although government successfully reduced inequality, especially since 2005, while the crime rate soared, and promoted a police reform aimed to foster professionalism and moderate use of force. This contradiction is discussed in the context of an inconclusive police reform, a lack of control of firearms and increased intervention of the military in public safety issues, which probably have contributed to situational violence beyond policies for reduction of social inequality.Los delitos violentos en Venezuela, en particular los homicidios, vienen aumentando sostenidamente desde la década de 1990, aunque de manera exponencial a partir de 1998, coincidiendo con la instauración de un gobierno de izquierda. Las explicaciones académicas usuales en Venezuela enfatizan la desigualdad, la tensión, la privación, el mercado de las drogas e incluso la impunidad como actores asociados, pese a que el gobierno chavista redujo sustancialmente la desigualdad, especialmente desde 2005, cuando los homicidios continuaron su ascenso, y promovió  na reforma policial orientada a mejorar el desempeño técnico y a racionalizar el uso de la fuerza física. Esta aparente contradicción se discute en el contexto de una reforma policial inconclusa, de la ineficacia para controlar la disponibilidad y uso de las armas de fuego y de una creciente militarización de la seguridad ciudadana, que probablemente han contribuido al incremento situacional de la violencia, más allá de las políticas de reducción de la desigualdad social.Editora da Pucrs - ediPUCRS2016-12-31info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/civitas/article/view/2423110.15448/1984-7289.2016.4.24231Civitas: journal of Social Sciences; Vol. 16 No. 4 (2016): Public security and police reform in Latin America; 636-652Civitas: revista de Ciências Sociais; Vol. 16 Núm. 4 (2016): Segurança pública e reforma das polícias na América Latina; 636-652Civitas: revista de Ciências Sociais; v. 16 n. 4 (2016): Segurança pública e reforma das polícias na América Latina; 636-6521984-72891519-608910.15448/1984-7289.2016.4reponame:Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais (Porto Alegre. Online)instname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)instacron:PUC_RSspahttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/civitas/article/view/24231/15365Copyright (c) 2017 Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociaishttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessGabaldón, Luis Gerardo2017-01-31T21:13:14Zoai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/24231Revistahttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/civitas/oaiPRIhttp://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/civitas/oaicivitas@pucrs.br1984-72891519-6089opendoar:2017-01-31T21:13:14Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais (Porto Alegre. Online) - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Trends, explanations and police control of violent crime under bolivarian government
Tendencias, explicaciones y control policial frente a la violencia delictiva bajo el gobierno bolivariano
title Trends, explanations and police control of violent crime under bolivarian government
spellingShingle Trends, explanations and police control of violent crime under bolivarian government
Gabaldón, Luis Gerardo
Crime. Police. Public policy. Chavism. Venezuela.
Delincuencia. Policía. Política pública. Chavismo. Venezuela.
Policia
title_short Trends, explanations and police control of violent crime under bolivarian government
title_full Trends, explanations and police control of violent crime under bolivarian government
title_fullStr Trends, explanations and police control of violent crime under bolivarian government
title_full_unstemmed Trends, explanations and police control of violent crime under bolivarian government
title_sort Trends, explanations and police control of violent crime under bolivarian government
author Gabaldón, Luis Gerardo
author_facet Gabaldón, Luis Gerardo
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Gabaldón, Luis Gerardo
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Crime. Police. Public policy. Chavism. Venezuela.
Delincuencia. Policía. Política pública. Chavismo. Venezuela.
Policia
topic Crime. Police. Public policy. Chavism. Venezuela.
Delincuencia. Policía. Política pública. Chavismo. Venezuela.
Policia
description Violent crime, particularly homicide, have sharply increased since the 1990´s and exponentially since 1998, as a leftist government was established in Venezuela. Scholar explanations within the country mostly rely on inequality, strain, deprivation, drug markets and even impunity as main associated factors, although government successfully reduced inequality, especially since 2005, while the crime rate soared, and promoted a police reform aimed to foster professionalism and moderate use of force. This contradiction is discussed in the context of an inconclusive police reform, a lack of control of firearms and increased intervention of the military in public safety issues, which probably have contributed to situational violence beyond policies for reduction of social inequality.
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