Police efficiency in the fight against crime in Peru: reflections from the economic analysis of law

• Autores: Baldino Mayer, Nicolás, Romero Basurco, David Gustavo
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2024
• Institución: Poder Judicial del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Poder Judicial del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.pj.gob.pe:article/811
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.pj.gob.pe/revista/index.php/ropj/article/view/811
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Police effectiveness; crime rates; rational choice; criminal behavior; crime prevention; efectividad policial; tasa de criminalidad; elección racional; comportamiento delictivo; Eficácia da polícia; taxa de criminalidade; escolha racional; comportamento criminoso; prevenção do crime

The present article is developed due to the serious situation that Peru is facing in the fight against crime, which makes it necessary to establish efficient public policies involving the different responsible institutions, for both: the prevention of crime and its effective sanction. In this regard, the internal security forces have an active participation that can directly influence the crime rate. For this purpose, using the concepts offered by the economic analysis of the law and rational choice theory, we will describe how the potential criminal should respond under certain assumptions and we will use the results of research conducted in other countries to identify the measures that had the most effective impact on crime reduction and how these measures could be extrapolated to the Peruvian reality.