Cities and Violence
An Empirical Analysis of the Case of Costa Rica
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 9684403 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Gilberto Giménez (0000-0003-3702-4017, Universidad de Zaragoza), Liubov Tkacheva (0000-0002-9822-1914, State University of St. Petersburg, Russia), Katarína Svitková (0000-0002-4839-7313, Charles University, Czech Republic), Beatriz Barrado (0000-0003-2033-801X, Universidad de Zaragoza) |
| Ano | 2021 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Fascículo | 1 |
| Data de publicação | 2021-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Dados (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0011-5258 • E-ISSN: 1678-4588 |
| Editora | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/dados.2021.64.1.225 |
| OpenAlex | W3128397244 |
| SCIELO_PID | S0011-52582021000100205 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referências citadas | 33 |
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
Criminology · Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economic growth · Economics · Endogeneity · Environmental health · Geography · Homicide · Latin Americans · Poison control · Political science · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Urbanization · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Demography · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
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| Altamente citado | Não |