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- Manfred Grautoff Laverde
- Fernando Chavarro Miranda
- Andrés Felipe Arce
Abstract
RESUMENEl documento analiza las políticas públicas de seguridad en la ciudad de Bogotá, formuladas sobre la premisa de que existe una correlación entre la criminalidad y las llamadas causas objetivas del conflicto. No obstante, la evidencia empírica que arroja la revisión bibliográfica demuestra que dicha relación no es significativa. Para demostrarlo se desarrolla un modelo decomportamiento criminal, que explica el fenómeno como una competencia en la que los delincuentes compiten entre sí formando una estructura que mejora la productividad de la cadena criminal. De esta manera se elimina el problema del riesgo moral. Esta última idea constituye la hipótesis central del texto que pretende rebatir las causas objetivas de la conducta criminalpara efectos de análisis de la seguridad ciudadana. Cabe aclarar que la evidencia empírica es preliminar debido a que no se logró tener acceso a la base de datos de la Policía Nacional, ni a la encuesta de victimización de 2003, esta última declarada reserva estadística por parte del gobierno de Colombia. Por último, el texto pretende abrir el debate acerca de la formaen que se debe evaluar la política criminal.aBstractTHE RATIONAL THEORY OF CRIME. APPLICATIONS BY GARY BECKER IN BOGOTÁ, D.C.This document analyzes the public security policies in the city of Bogotá, formulated on the premise that there is a correlation between criminality and the so called objective causes of the confl ict". In spite of the empiricalevidence of the bibliographic review, it shows that the correlation is not signifi cant. In order to demonstrate this, a behavioral criminal model was developed to explain the phenomenon as a competition in which delinquents compete among themselves forming a structure that improves the productivity of the criminal network. This way, the risk of a moral issue is eliminated. The latter idea is the central hypothesis of the article that pretends to refute the objective causes of criminal conduct in order to analyze citizen security. It is worth clarifying that the empirical evidence is preliminary because itwas impossible to access neither the National Police data base, nor the 2003 victimization survey which was declared a booking statistics by the Colombian Government. Lastly, this article pretends to open a debate about the way in which the criminal policy must be assessed.resUmoA TEORÍA RACIONAL DO CRIME. APLICACOES DE GARY BECKER EM BOGOTÁ, D.C.O documento analisa as políticas públicas de seguranca na cidade de Bogotá, formuladas sobre a premissa de que existe uma correlacao entre a criminalidade e as chamadas causas objetivas do confl ito. Entretanto, a evidencia empírica que lanca a revisao bibliográfi ca demonstra que dita relacao nao é signifi cativa. Para demonstrá-lo se desenvolve um modelo decomportamento criminal, que explica o fenomeno como uma competicao na qual os delinquentes competem entre si formando uma estrutura que melhora a produtividade da corrente criminal. Desta maneira elimina-se o problema do risco moral. Esta última idéia constitui a hipótese central do texto que pretende rebater as causas objetivas da conduta criminal para efeitos deanálise da seguranca cidada. Cabe esclarecer que a evidencia empírica é preliminar devido a nao possuir o acesso a base de dados da Polícia Nacional, nem a enquete de vitimizacao de 2003, esta última declarada reserva estadística por parte do governo de Colombia. Por último, o texto pretende abrir o debate sobre a forma em que se deve avaliar a política criminal.RÉSUMÉLA THÉORIE RATIONNELLE DE LA CRIMINALITÉ: APPLICATIONS DE GARY BECKER A BOGOTALe document examine les politiques de sécurité dans la ville de Bogotá formulées sur la prémisse qu´il existe une corrélation entre la criminalité et que ce qu´on appelle les causes objectives des conflits.Toutefois, les preuves empiriques de l´examen de la littérature, montrent que cette relation n´est pas significative. Pour illustrer cela, le document présente un modele decomportement criminel qui explique le phénomene comme une compétition dans laquelle les délinquants concurrents dans une structure qui améliore la productivité de la chaine criminelle. Cela permettra d´éliminer le probleme du risque moral. Cette derniere idée est l´hypothese centrale du texte qui a l´intention de contester les causes objectives d´un comportement criminel a fin d´analyser la sécurité publique. Il est a noter que les données empiriques sont préliminaires car il n´étaitpas possible d´accéder a la base de données de la police nationale, ou l´enquete de victimisation (2003), ce dernier déclaré réserve statistique par le gouvernement colombien. Enfin, le texte vise a ouvrir le débat sur la facon dont on doive évaluer la politique criminelle."
Suggested Citation
Manfred Grautoff Laverde & Fernando Chavarro Miranda & Andrés Felipe Arce, 2011.
"La teoría racional del crimen. Aplicaciones de Gary Becker en Bogotá, D.C,"
Revista Criterio Libre, Universidad Libre - Sede Principal, June.
Handle:
RePEc:col:000370:008817
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