scholarly journals From Mano Dura to Citizen Security

10.5334/bcc.e ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 15-22
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Security

Study of Crime Status in Colombia and Development of a Citizen Security App

2019 ◽  
pp. 116-130
Author(s):  
Raquel E. Canon-Clavijo ◽  
Cesar O. Diaz ◽  
Olmer Garcia-Bedoya ◽  
Holman Bolivar
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Security

Chile's Criminal Law Reform: Enhancing Defendants' Rights and Citizen Security

2012 ◽  
Vol 54 (03) ◽  
pp. 65-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lydia Brashear Tiede
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Law Reform ◽  
Legal Institutions ◽  
Fixed Effects Model ◽  
Pretrial Detention ◽  
Democratic Development ◽  
Citizen Security ◽  
Number Of Individuals

AbstractMany democratic governments in Latin America have implemented broad judicial reforms, some of which are aimed at making criminal law and legal institutions more transparent and modern. Although such reforms are important for democratic development, scholars debate whether the reforms result in more rights for defendants and whether they jeopardize citizens' perceptions about security. Using two original datasets and a fixed-effects model, this study shows that groundbreaking criminal law reforms in Chile have improved certain aspects of defendants' rights by decreasing the number of individuals in pretrial detention. Chileans' perceptions about crime and violence in regions where the reforms were implemented also have improved. Chile's success appears to be due to the government's commitment to the reforms, as well as to concerted and consistent efforts by the police to fight crime. These results have implications for other countries implementing similar significant reforms.

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