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1 results foundAuthor: Morrison, Andrew Title: Crime, Violence and Economic Development in Brazil: Elements for Effective Public Policy Summary: Crime and violence rates are high in Brazil. In 2002 the country’s homicide rate—32 per 100,000 inhabitants — was the fourth-highest in Latin America and the Caribbean. Not only is the Brazil’s homicide rate quite high, it also has more than doubled since 1980. The prevalence of other forms of violence and crime are also worrying: according to data from victimization surveys, Brazil in the mid-1990s had the highest rate of victimization for robbery and sexual assault among 16 developing countries included in the survey; more recent data for 2001 show continued high rates of robbery and theft, with 9.8 percent of individuals being victimized. Intimate partner violence affects one in three Brazilian women. This report documents levels and trends in violence and crime in Brazil since 1980 and estimates the impact that crime and violence have on the country’s economy. But describing magnitudes and costs is only the first step; the report’s more fundamental contributions are to provide a critical survey of approaches to public safety in Brazil and to identify good practices in the prevention of crime and violence through analyses of initiatives in Brazil and — where relevant — other countries. The report is organized as follows. It first discusses crime and violence in Brazil, its magnitude (chapter 1) and determinants and costs (chapter 2). It then reviews various public policy approaches used in Brazil to address crime and violence – presenting an overview of the types of interventions used (chapter 3). The remaining chapters discuss some of the key public policy experiences in public safety in Brazil: responses that have come from the public health perspective, namely those addressing youth violence, arms control, and the control of alcohol sales (chapter 4); a criminal justice perspective, examining some of the key issues around police reform (chapter 5); and some of the cross sectoral approaches, in particular looking at genderbased violence, integrated municipal programs and the use of geographic information systems (GIS) as a tool for effective public safety policy across different sectors (chapter 6). Finally, the report approximates the cost effectiveness of various crime prevention initiatives in Brazil, using parameters from impact evaluations of comparable programs from outside Brazil and cost data from these Brazilian initiatives (chapter 7). The last chapter of the report offers conclusions and some recommendations for public policy at the federal, state and municipal levels (chapter 8). Details: Washington, DC: World Bank, 2006. 129p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 19, 2010 at: http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Security/citizensecurity/brazil/documents/docworldbank.pdf Year: 2006 Country: Brazil URL: http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Security/citizensecurity/brazil/documents/docworldbank.pdf Shelf Number: 110841 Keywords: Crime Statistics (Brazil)Economics (Brazil)Victimization (Brazil)Violent Crime (Brazil) |