Abstract: Since at least 2005 Mexico has confronted a sever security crisis that threatens to undermine its rule of law and democracy. Crime and organized crime should in theory be a problem for law enforcement; however, the police are often seen as part of the problem rather than part of the...

Adding a new dimension to determinants of corruption, this paper examines the effectiveness of enforcement in reducing corruption. We compare the influences of latent enforcement (police, judicial, and prosecutorial employment) versus actual enforcement (conviction rates) and enforcing...