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Ítem Crime in Colombia: more law enforcement or more justice?(Springer Netherlands, 2017-09-01) Gomez Toro, Catalina; Velasquez C, Hermilson; Rendon, Andres; Bohorquez, Santiago; Universidad EAFIT. Departamento de Economía y Finanzas; Research in Spatial Economics (RISE)This study considers the effect that judicial and police efficiency exercised on crime in 25 of the 33 political-administrative divisions in Colombia during the period 2000-2011. Specifically, the study seeks to determine whether the reduction of crime was the result of increases in the cost of crime as a result of the strengthening of the country's security forces, especially the National Police, or instead was due to the greater efficiency of the penal system resulting from a structural change stemming from Act 906 of 2004. To view this we propose a model of dynamic panel data that not only includes the individual and temporal effects of the variables of interest, but also allows us to understand the inertia in criminal behavior. The results indicate an inverse relationship between the number of crimes and the greater efficiency of the police and judicial action, which is consistent with the evidence reported in other international work. Robustness checks confirmed the validity of the findings.Ítem Effect of permanent income on crime: a spatial approach and an application case(Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2016-10-01) Urrego, Joaquin A.; Gomez Toro, Catalina; Velasquez C, Hermilson; David Valderrama, Juan; Universidad EAFIT. Departamento de Economía y Finanzas; Research in Spatial Economics (RISE)In this study, spatial information is used to complement the analysis that crime makes an economic theory focused on the availability of police force and judicial efficiency. Particularly, this document analyzes the role that the level of permanent income plays in crimes in a geographical unit and its neighbors, in addition to the relationship of socioeconomic characteristics. An exercise that was applied in the communes of Medellin confirmed the idea that an increase in permanent revenues of 1% reduces crimes in the communes on average by 0.67%. The effect this has on its neighbors is significant and variable. Traditional panel models underestimate the real impact that an increase in income in some neighborhoods has. Robust tests show the accuracy of the results and the adequacy of the model data generating process.