People's Sense of Security about Crime: Analysis the Brazilian Case

Vasconcelos Reis Wakim^1, , Elizete Aparecida de Magalhães¹, João Eustáquio de Lima² and Vivani Silva Lírio³

¹Federal University of the Valleys of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri, Packed in the Accounting Department

²Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Crowded in the Department of Rural Economics

³Federal University of Viçosa, Crowded in the Department of Rural Economics

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Vasconcelos Reis Wakim, Elizete Aparecida de Magalhães, João Eustáquio de Lima and Vivani Silva Lírio. People's Sense of Security about Crime: Analysis the Brazilian Case. Journal of Finance and Economics. 2018; 6(3):103-110. doi: 10.12691/jfe-6-3-4

Abstract

Given the crime has grown in the last's three decades, and that crime reduces the well-being of the individual who constitutes victim, the present study seeks to analyze the determinants of the feeling of security of the people in the city in which it resides, in the year 2009. The estimation of the sense of security was carried out based on the model logit. Among the variables inserted in the model, most of it was significant and presented effect according to economic theory. The factors that presented the most relevant impact were: victim of the robe, resident in the urban area and kind of domicile. It is concluded that, based on the results, the adoption of public policies focused on prevention and combating crime is fundamental, so that the portion of the population that feels insecure reduces, making there an improvement in the quality of life of society regarding wellbeing.

Keywords:
economics of crime crime the sense of security

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