Cities and Violence: An Empirical Analysis of the Case of Costa Rica
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 geo...
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| author | Gregorio Gimenez Liubov Tkacheva Katarína Svitková Beatriz Barrado |
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| 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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| spelling | doaj.art-c2b044bc79f942429dc012cc645d6e562022-12-21T21:28:22ZengUniversidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroDados: Revista de Ciências Sociais1678-45882021-02-0164110.1590/dados.2021.64.1.225Cities and Violence: An Empirical Analysis of the Case of Costa RicaGregorio Gimenezhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3702-4017Liubov Tkachevahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9822-1914Katarína Svitkováhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4839-7313Beatriz Barradohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2033-801XABSTRACT 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.http://www.scielo.br/pdf/dados/v64n1/0011-5258-dados-64-1-e20190127.pdfcrimeviolenceurbancitiesLatin AmericaCosta Rica |
| spellingShingle | Gregorio Gimenez Liubov Tkacheva Katarína Svitková Beatriz Barrado Cities and Violence: An Empirical Analysis of the Case of Costa Rica Dados: Revista de Ciências Sociais crime violence urban cities Latin America Costa Rica |
| title | 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_short | 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 |
| topic | crime violence urban cities Latin America Costa Rica |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/pdf/dados/v64n1/0011-5258-dados-64-1-e20190127.pdf |
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