Cómo influyen las amenidades en el crimen?: un análisis empírico para las zonas urbanas de la ciudad de Cuenca

Abstract

Crime is a fundamental issue when we try to improve the well-being of a society and the investigation that produces it is more than necessary when we want to reduce it. That is why the present investigation was elaborated with the purpose of knowing the influence of amenities on crime in the urban area of Cuenca, the empirical evidence generated in this study may serve as an input for the elaboration of public policies tending to the reduction of crime. Eight spatial econometric models were estimated, to verify the robustness of the results, the data used were obtained from State entities and the Google Places API. The results indicate that the amenities have an "attractive" effect, reflecting that criminals dock in places where there is a large accumulation of people, in addition, the presence of government entities has no effect on crime, in this sense they are presented and discussed alternatives to improve their reaction capacity.