| Summary: | . It is not surprising that many citizens of Latin American countries believe public officials are corrupt. Decades of
authoritarian rule, crime, and highly publicized corruption scandals have reduced confidence in many, if not all, government
institutions. The public perception of corruption in Venezuela however, presents an intriguing case. Traditional
explanations—economic factors, regime stability, and quality of life—are unable to account for the high levels of perceived
corruption in government. This author argues, the public perception of police corruption strongly influences the perception
of corruption in national government in Venezuela. Using OLS regression, the author statistical analyzes national-level
Latinobarómetro data from 2002-2010. The results indicate a strong, significant relationship between perception of police
and government corruption.
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