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El The Fear of Crime and Government Actions in Mexico
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Fear of crime, government actions, state resources, state power, MexicoAbstract
Using the National Survey of Victimization and Perception of Public Safety 2020, the aim of this study is to analyze fear of crime as a product of the perception and knowledge that citizens have of government actions. This paper estimates ordinal logistic regression models, which shows a high correlation between what citizens know that governments do and fear of crime. The analysis demonstrates that to the extent that Mexicans detect government actions aimed at increasing well-being or reducing criminal activities they are less likely to experience a high level of fear. The findings suggest that fear of crime encompasses aspects related to state power and the political regime, which outlines the way in which the stock of resources available to governments is used.Downloads
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