Cities and Violence: An Empirical Analysis of the Case of Costa Rica

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Autor(a) principal: Gimenez,Gregorio
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Tkacheva,Liubov, Svitková,Katarína, Barrado,Beatriz
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Dados - Revista de Ciências Sociais
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Resumo: ABSTRACT This article focuses on the effect of urbanization on violent crime – particularly homicide in Costa Rica. Although violence is a major problem throughout Latin America, few empirical studies carried out in the area use high-quality socioeconomic and crime databases with a high level of geographical disaggregation. In this article, we employ data from all 473 districts of Costa Rica between 2010 and 2013. We develop a model which takes into account endogeneity problems and uses contrasts of marginal linear predictions. We conclude that the degree of urban concentration plays a key role in explaining homicide rates, other things being equal. This effect is progressive: the greater the urban concentration, the greater the increase in homicide rates. This causal relationship is not observed in offenses other than homicide.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Cities and Violence: An Empirical Analysis of the Case of Costa Rica
title Cities and Violence: An Empirical Analysis of the Case of Costa Rica
spellingShingle Cities and Violence: An Empirical Analysis of the Case of Costa Rica
Gimenez,Gregorio
crime
violence
urban
cities
Latin America
Costa Rica
title_short Cities and Violence: An Empirical Analysis of the Case of Costa Rica
title_full Cities and Violence: An Empirical Analysis of the Case of Costa Rica
title_fullStr Cities and Violence: An Empirical Analysis of the Case of Costa Rica
title_full_unstemmed Cities and Violence: An Empirical Analysis of the Case of Costa Rica
title_sort Cities and Violence: An Empirical Analysis of the Case of Costa Rica
author Gimenez,Gregorio
author_facet Gimenez,Gregorio
Tkacheva,Liubov
Svitková,Katarína
Barrado,Beatriz
author_role author
author2 Tkacheva,Liubov
Svitková,Katarína
Barrado,Beatriz
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Gimenez,Gregorio
Tkacheva,Liubov
Svitková,Katarína
Barrado,Beatriz
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv crime
violence
urban
cities
Latin America
Costa Rica
topic crime
violence
urban
cities
Latin America
Costa Rica
description ABSTRACT This article focuses on the effect of urbanization on violent crime – particularly homicide in Costa Rica. Although violence is a major problem throughout Latin America, few empirical studies carried out in the area use high-quality socioeconomic and crime databases with a high level of geographical disaggregation. In this article, we employ data from all 473 districts of Costa Rica between 2010 and 2013. We develop a model which takes into account endogeneity problems and uses contrasts of marginal linear predictions. We conclude that the degree of urban concentration plays a key role in explaining homicide rates, other things being equal. This effect is progressive: the greater the urban concentration, the greater the increase in homicide rates. This causal relationship is not observed in offenses other than homicide.
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