Analyzing and modeling interpersonal violence in the city of Bogota in the course of 2011, supported on geographical information

Abstract

In the past ten years, the interpersonal violence phenomenon has become a priority in the political agenda of many Latin American countries. Governments have implemented diverse policies aimed at counteracting this issue, but the expected results have not been obtained. In this article, another approach is suggested in order to determine what is the relationship existing between the interpersonal violence cases reported in 2011 in the city of Bogota and the public-private entities having surrounded the event. The methodology is quantitative, with a transactional design of the correlational type. A Geographical Information System and the Independent Executable Simulation were used as technological tools for the analysis of interpersonal violence from a territoriality angle in the city of Bogota. The results let conclude that there is a mean correlation between the interpersonal violence acts reported in the city of Bogota and commercial establishments, institutional health service providers and the elementary and secondary educational establishments. Results with a low correlation are bars, shopping centers, malls, courts, and squares. The tools used suggest another technological methodology for the analysis of social phenomena like interpersonal violence.