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The Impact of Law Enforcement Centralisation and Professionalisation on Public Opinion of the Mexican Police
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Abstract Pandemic violence and criminality are anathema to a democratic society. And yet, in Latin America, both operate side by side. Illicit activity has propagated precisely because the democratic states of the region have been ineffective at establishing and maintaining the rule of law via public securit... mehr
Pandemic violence and criminality are anathema to a democratic society. And yet, in Latin America, both operate side by side. Illicit activity has propagated precisely because the democratic states of the region have been ineffective at establishing and maintaining the rule of law via public security mechanisms like the police. This ineffectiveness has significant consequences for public support of police forces. Hence, an important question for students of state-building and democratisation is: What factors explain public perceptions of the police? We argue that police forces that are local and unprofessional will be less trusted and viewed as less effective than their more centralised and professional counterparts of state and federal police. In short, we find that centralisation and professionalisation mitigate the impact of crime victimisation and police corruption on the public opinion of the police in Mexico. These findings are drawn from an analysis of the National Survey of Victimisation and Perceptions of Public Security (ENVIPE) in Mexico for 2012 and 2018.... weniger
Klassifikation
Kriminalsoziologie, Rechtssoziologie, Kriminologie
Freie Schlagwörter
Mexico; public opinion; police; corruption; crime victimisation
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2020
Seitenangabe
S. 104-120
Zeitschriftentitel
Journal of Politics in Latin America, 12 (2020) 1
ISSN
1868-4890
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0