Saturation policing and robberies: quasi-experimental evidence about the effect of sudden and quick operations

Latin America is the only region in the world where lethal violence increased in the first decade of the 21st. century, and its citizens identified crime and violence as their main concern. Though previous literature shows promising results of saturation policing on crimes, little rigorous evidence...

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dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cid, Alejandro
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2025-09-11T14:35:33Z
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dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Violent crime
Robbery
Saturation policing
Impact evaluation
Latin America
Place-based policing
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Saturation policing and robberies: quasi-experimental evidence about the effect of sudden and quick operations
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description Latin America is the only region in the world where lethal violence increased in the first decade of the 21st. century, and its citizens identified crime and violence as their main concern. Though previous literature shows promising results of saturation policing on crimes, little rigorous evidence exists on the impact of these strategies on the cited region. I study the effects of the implementation of a special saturation policing operation in Uruguay, a Latin-American country that has experienced a huge increase in crime in the last decade. I employ a difference-in-difference approach exploiting the fact that the saturation operation was applied only in the capital of Uruguay due to restriction of resources. I find that the capital experienced a reduction between 20-30 percent in robberies in comparison with the control cities.
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spelling Saturation policing and robberies: quasi-experimental evidence about the effect of sudden and quick operationsCid, AlejandroViolent crimeRobberySaturation policingImpact evaluationLatin AmericaPlace-based policingLatin America is the only region in the world where lethal violence increased in the first decade of the 21st. century, and its citizens identified crime and violence as their main concern. Though previous literature shows promising results of saturation policing on crimes, little rigorous evidence exists on the impact of these strategies on the cited region. I study the effects of the implementation of a special saturation policing operation in Uruguay, a Latin-American country that has experienced a huge increase in crime in the last decade. I employ a difference-in-difference approach exploiting the fact that the saturation operation was applied only in the capital of Uruguay due to restriction of resources. I find that the capital experienced a reduction between 20-30 percent in robberies in comparison with the control cities.Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y EconomíaUniversidad de Montevideo, Uruguay2025-09-11T14:35:33Z2025-09-11T14:35:33Z2020Reporte técnicoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/reportAceptadainfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion29 ptext/plainhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12806/2748reponame:REDUMinstname:Universidad de Montevideoinstacron:Universidad de MontevideoengAbiertoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/oai:redum.um.edu.uy:20.500.12806/27482026-06-16T07:01:56Z
spellingShingle Saturation policing and robberies: quasi-experimental evidence about the effect of sudden and quick operations
Cid, Alejandro
Violent crime
Robbery
Saturation policing
Impact evaluation
Latin America
Place-based policing
status_str acceptedVersion
title Saturation policing and robberies: quasi-experimental evidence about the effect of sudden and quick operations
title_full Saturation policing and robberies: quasi-experimental evidence about the effect of sudden and quick operations
title_fullStr Saturation policing and robberies: quasi-experimental evidence about the effect of sudden and quick operations
title_full_unstemmed Saturation policing and robberies: quasi-experimental evidence about the effect of sudden and quick operations
title_short Saturation policing and robberies: quasi-experimental evidence about the effect of sudden and quick operations
title_sort Saturation policing and robberies: quasi-experimental evidence about the effect of sudden and quick operations
topic Violent crime
Robbery
Saturation policing
Impact evaluation
Latin America
Place-based policing
url https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12806/2748