Which are the determinants associated with the insecurity perception? A statistical and spatial analysis for Bogota, D.C.
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https://doi.org/10.47741/17943108.49Keywords:
perception of security, fear, crime, victimization survey, securityAbstract
Insecurity and insecurity perception are different issues. It might be considered that they should go hand in hand. However the evidence has demonstrated that this is not always the case. The objective is to find out the insecurity perception determinants in Bogotá. Likewise, it aims to discover if there are heterogeneous effects by gender, incomes and educational level. Similarly, this study analyses the incidence of knowledge about citizen security programs on populations’ security perception. For this, the Coexistence and Citizenship Security Survey and the Perception Survey of the DANE (National Administrative Department of Statistics) and the Chamber of Commerce were used to conduct a statistical and spatial description of the data in the city, locality and home in Bogotá. Thus, it was developed through the analysis of the relationship between victimization (crimes perpetuated to the person) and the insecurity perception. Moreover, probabilistic estimations were done that answered the question of interest, separating the effects for population groups to identifying the existence of heterogeneous results. As main results, a strong relationship was found between exposure to crimes, such as theft (affecting people and houses), homicides and squabbles; and the insecurity perception in the neighborhood. Similarly, women and the low-income population are likely to feel more insecure in their place of residence. Finally, knowing citizen security programs –such as the quadrants or community plans- are not connected tothe perception of insecurity in the neighborhood.
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