Making Brazilians Safer : Aanalyzing the Dynamics of Violent Crime

This report analyzes the dynamics of violent crime in Brazil. What factors are driving the overall crime decline in Brazil? Why is violent crime declining in some states while it is increasing in others? What types of interventions could help to reduce youth violence? These are the questions that motivate this report. Understanding what has gone right to bring crime down during the past 10 years is crucial to tackling the challenges posed by the new decade. The purpose of this report is to enhance that understanding. To do so, we examine the determinants of the crime shift at the national level, review the experience of the high-performing states, and generate new evidence on the impact of education policies on youth violence prevention. This report is organized in four chapters. Chapter one sets the stage for the issues covered in the report. Chapter two estimates the correlation of the change in crime in Brazil and across regions and states. Chapter three reviews the evidence on the policies implemented to reduce crime and violence in Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro. Chapter four presents findings on the impact of school enrollment on youth crime and violence prevention. The last section summarizes key lessons.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Urban Study biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY, ADOLESCENTS, ALCOHOL, ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, ASSAULT, ASSAULTS, BIG CITY, BURGLARY, CARIBBEAN REGION, CENTRAL REGIONS, CITIZEN, CITIZENS, CITY POPULATION, COLLAPSE, COMPLAINTS, CRIME CONTROL, CRIME PREVENTION, CRIME PREVENTION MEASURES, CRIME RATES, CRIME REDUCTION, CRIME STATISTIC, CRIME VICTIMIZATION, CRIMES, CRIMINAL, CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, CRIMINALITY, CRIMINALS, DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE, DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS, DROPOUT, DRUG, DRUG TRAFFICKERS, DRUGS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EPIDEMIC, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, FIREARMS, FLOW OF INFORMATION, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, GOVERNMENT POLICIES, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROUPS AT RISK, GUN, GUNS, HEALTH SYSTEM, HIGHER INEQUALITY, HOMICIDE, HOMICIDE RATE, HOMICIDE RATES, HOMICIDES, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN RIGHTS, ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR, IMPACT OF EDUCATION, INCOME INEQUALITY, INFORMATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INJURIES, INJURY, INVESTIGATION, JOB CREATION, KIDNAPPING, KIDS, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKETS, LACK OF INFORMATION, LARCENY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH, LEVELS OF CRIME, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LIVING CONDITIONS, MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, METROPOLITAN REGION, MIGRANT, MIGRANT POPULATIONS, MIGRATION, MINISTRY OF HEALTH, MORTALITY, NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, NATIONAL LEVEL, OFFENDER, PATTERNS OF CONSUMPTION, PEACE, PERPETRATOR, PERPETRATORS, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, POLICE, POLICE FORCE, POLICE OFFICERS, POLICY MAKERS, POOR INDIVIDUALS, POPULATION DENSITY, POPULATION GROWTH, POPULATION PRESSURES, POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION, POVERTY LEVELS, PREVENTION ACTIVITIES, PREVENTION STRATEGIES, PRISONERS, PROGRESS, PROPERTY CRIME, PROPERTY CRIMES, PUBLIC HEALTH, RAPE, RAPES, REGIONAL LEVEL, REGIONAL LEVELS, RESPECT, RISK FACTORS, ROBBERIES, ROBBERY, SCHOOL AGE, SCHOOL ENROLMENT, SCHOOL HOURS, SCHOOL STUDENTS, SCHOOLING, SECURITY POLICY, SEX, SOCIAL DEFENSE, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL INFORMATION, SOCIAL SPENDING, SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS, SPATIAL ANALYSIS, STATE GOVERNMENT, STATE GOVERNMENTS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, THEFT, THEFTS, TRAFFICKING, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, URBAN AREAS, URBAN CENTERS, URBAN ENVIRONMENTS, URBAN POPULATION, URBAN POPULATIONS, URBANIZATION, VICTIMS, VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE PREVENTION, VIOLENT CRIME, VIOLENT CRIMES, WAR, WEAPONS, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, YOUNG MEN, YOUTH CRIME, YOUTH VIOLENCE,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17431113/making-brazilians-safer-analyzing-dynamics-violent-crime http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13229
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