Homicides, Kidnappings and Extortions: decline in violence as a priority of the National Security Strategy in Mexico (2006-2012)

Authors

  • Gerardo Reyes Guzmán El Colegio de Tlaxcala
  • Carlos Moslares García School of Management del Instituto Químico de Sarría, España.
  • Paola Hernández Victoria Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla, México.

Keywords:

National Security Strategy, Expendidure Budget in the Federation, Homicides, Extortion, Kidnappings and impunity

Abstract

According to the former president Felipe Calderon, the National Security Strategy designed to overcome the danger posed by the organized crime could curb the tendency of violence by the end of his Administration. This article intends to evaluate such statement using data published by National Statistics and the Finance Ministry. We correlate the amounts of public money spent in security issues against the number of homicides per year to estimate the level of efficiency; we also focus on those federal entities, which received more support by the National Security Strategy and analyze them in terms of homicides in three different periods. At the end, other variables like kidnappings, extortion and unemployment are included in the analysis to see in what extend they could probably have explained violence between 2006-2012.

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Author Biography

Gerardo Reyes Guzmán, El Colegio de Tlaxcala

El Colegio de Tlaxcala; Centro de Estudios de Desarrollo Regional, México. 

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Published

2015-12-28

How to Cite

Reyes Guzmán, G., Moslares García, C., & Hernández Victoria, P. (2015). Homicides, Kidnappings and Extortions: decline in violence as a priority of the National Security Strategy in Mexico (2006-2012). Cuadernos De H Ideas, 9(9). Retrieved from https://perio.unlp.edu.ar/ojs/index.php/cps/article/view/2780

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 9 (2015)

Section

Artículos

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