Youth Crime in Colombia

Luis Eduardo Sandoval-Garrido

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dc.creator	Luis Eduardo Sandoval-Garrido
dc.date	2020
dc.date.accessioned	2022-03-22T16:16:08Z
dc.date.available	2022-03-22T16:16:08Z
dc.identifier	http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=11267909006
dc.identifier.uri	http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/83905
dc.description	In some countries, the increase in the youth population is connected to greater criminal activity. In the case of Colombia, different studies support the idea of providing socio-economic possi- bilities for young people to avoid being linked to illegal and criminal activities. Based on these precedents, this document examines whether the increase in the youth population in Colombia is directly connected to municipal crime during 2000-2010, a period in which those born in the 1990s reached their teenage years and could participate in urban crime. For this study, economic and other variables of total and juvenile population are constructed for youth between the ages of 15-24, as well as variables in population density and political polarization incorporating the crime index proposed by (Durán, López, & Restrepo, 2009). The proposed model estimates that youth population density, population growth, conflict actions and political polarization are asso- ciated with an increase in crime. Also, greater development and political polarization can lead to an environment of less crime.
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
dc.relation	http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=112
dc.rights	Papeles de Población
dc.source	Papeles de Población (México) Num.105 Vol.26
dc.subject	Demografía
dc.subject	Crime
dc.subject	youth
dc.subject	population density
dc.subject	conflict
dc.title	Youth Crime in Colombia
dc.type	artículo científico