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dc.titleCOVID-19 and Police Agency Operations in Latin America and the Caribbean
dc.contributor.authorAlvarado, Nathalie
dc.contributor.authorSutton, Heather
dc.contributor.authorLaborda, Leopoldo
dc.contributor.orgunitInstitutional Capacity of the State Division
dc.coverageBrazil
dc.coverageColombia
dc.coverageMexico
dc.coveragePeru
dc.coverageArgentina
dc.coverageChile
dc.coverageBolivia
dc.coverageGuyana
dc.coverageEcuador
dc.coverageParaguay
dc.coverageHonduras
dc.coverageCosta Rica
dc.coveragePanama
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.available2020-06-17T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2020-06-17T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis study analyzes how the COVID-19 crisis is generating changes in police work and assesses its potential impact on the effectiveness and legitimacy of police forces in Latin America and the Caribbean. According to a standardized survey administered to 13 police agencies in the region between April 15 and 27, 2020, the majority of agencies have prepared and taken rapid measures to implement security protocols and plans for contingency, as well as provide officers with protective equipment. Agencies have continued to answer calls for service and make arrests, although their usual preventive and community actions have been reduced. The study reveals that, in many cases, there is little information available on the scope and limitations of the powers of the police to enforce the sanitary measures required of citizens in the context of the pandemic. The main conclusion of the study is the need to be alert to changes in the police service and the possible negative consequences of the reduction of proactive and community activities, even more so when there is little clarity about the mechanisms that the police have to implement and carry out compliance with new regulations.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002443
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/COVID-19-and-Police-Agency-Operations-in-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/COVID-19-y-la-actuacion-de-las-agencias-policiales-de-America-Latina-y-el-Caribe.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectPolice Force
dc.subjectCrime Prevention
dc.subjectCrime and Violence
dc.subjectCrime and Violence Prevention
dc.subjectCrime Rate
dc.subjectCitizen Security and Crime Prevention
dc.subjectCoronavirus
dc.subjectPandemics
dc.subjectPublic Health Emergencies
dc.subjectCriminal Activity
dc.subjectDelinquency
dc.subjectPolice Service
dc.subject.jelcodeP48 - Political Economy • Legal Institutions • Property Rights • Natural Resources • Energy • Environment • Regional Studies
dc.subject.jelcodeK42 - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
dc.subject.jelcodeD63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
dc.subject.jelcodeC35 - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models • Discrete Regressors • Proportions
dc.subject.jelcodeB41 - Economic Methodology
dc.subject.keywordssecurity;police effectiveness;police justice;trust in the police;crime control policies
dc.typeTechnical Notes
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-TN-01938
idb.operationRG-T3239
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