possible “brain drain” from Colombia …

eight major cities of Colombia in 2010 by the National Police. The strategy divides the largest cities into small … contact, and holds officers accountable for crime in their assigned area. The plan warranted a comprehensive training program … reduction in several types of crime attributable to the training program, ranging from around .13 of a standard deviation for …

We study the effects of broken windows policing on crime using geo-located crime and arrest reports for 80 Colombian … least one crime report. In the following periods, crimes decrease both in the place of the arrests and the surroundings …. With many treated grids and many places exposed to spillovers, these effects add up. On aggregate, the crime reduction …

Our goal in this paper is twofold: First, evaluate the impact on crime of the restriction of late-night alcohol sales … in Bogotá; and second, quantify the causal effect of problematic alcohol consumption on different crime categories. Using … effects on several crime categories. We find that the restriction reduced deaths and injuries in car accidents and batteries …