Military Polices in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, in the context of the IGESP program. The IGESP is based on the … presented points to a causal effect of the IGESP on crime. The most conservative estimates indicate a reduction of 24% in … represented by the program may constitute a first-order factor in a successful policy for fighting crime …

combining detailed school characteristics with time and geo-referenced crime information from the city of São Paulo, Brazil, we …This paper investigates the impact of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs on crime. Making use of a unique dataset … estimate the contemporaneous effect of the Bolsa Família program on crime. We address the endogeneity of CCT coverage by …

The objective of this study is to shed light on the determinants of criminality rates in Brazil. A panel data model was … determination of the crime rate. Furthermore, there are evidence suggesting that both unemployment and urbanization rates are … positively related to crime. Based on a GMM approach we find the existence of an “inertial effect” on criminality. Besides that …