Broken windows policing and crime: Evidence from 80 Colombian cities

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dc.contributor.affiliationUniversidad de los Andesspa
dc.contributor.affiliationPolicía Nacional de Colombiaspa
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversidad EAFITspa
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversidad EAFITspa
dc.contributor.authorMejía, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorNorza, Ervyn
dc.contributor.authorTobón Zapata, Santiago
dc.contributor.authorVanegas-Arias, Martín
dc.coverage.spatialMedellín de: Lat: 06 15 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 6.2500 decimal degrees Long: 075 36 00 W degrees minutes Long: -75.6000 decimal degreeseng
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-03T20:20:44Z
dc.date.available2021-09-03T20:20:44Z
dc.date.issued2021-09-01
dc.description.abstractWe study the effects of broken windows policing on crime using geo-located crime and arrest reports for 80 Colombian cities. Broadly defined, broken windows policing consists of intensifying arrests—sometimes for minor offenses—to deter potential criminals. To estimate causal effects, we build grids of 200 × 200 meters over the urban perimeter of all cities and produce event studies to look at the effects of shocks in police activity in the periods to follow. We use spikes in the number of arrests with no warrant—which are more likely associated with unplanned police presence—as a proxy for shocks in broken windows policing. As expected, we observe an increase in crimes during the shock period, as each arrest implies at least one crime report. In the following periods, crimes decrease both in the place of the arrests and the surroundings. With many treated grids and many places exposed to spillovers, these effects add up. On aggregate, the crime reduction offsets the observed increase during the shock period. Direct effects are more immediate and precise at low crime grids, but beneficial spillovers seem more relevant at crime hot spots. The effects of broken windows policing circumscribe to cities with low or moderate organized crime, consistent with criminal organizations planning their activities more systematically than disorganized criminals.eng
dc.identifier.jelK42
dc.identifier.jelO17
dc.identifier.jelE26
dc.identifier.jelJ48
dc.identifier.jelC93
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10784/30182
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherUniversidad EAFITspa
dc.publisher.departmentEscuela de Economía y Finanzasspa
dc.rights.accessrightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesseng
dc.rights.localAcceso abiertospa
dc.subject.keywordcrimespa
dc.subject.keywordviolencespa
dc.subject.keywordpolicespa
dc.subject.keywordarrestsspa
dc.subject.keywordspilloversspa
dc.titleBroken windows policing and crime: Evidence from 80 Colombian citieseng
dc.typeworkingPapereng
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/workingPapereng
dc.type.hasVersiondrafteng
dc.type.localDocumento de trabajo de investigaciónspa

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