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Yucatán as an exception to rising criminal violence in México
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Abstract Yucatán state's homicide level has remained low and steady for decades and criminal violence activity is low, even while crime rates in much of the rest of the country have increased since 2006. In this research note, we examine five main theoretical explanations for Yucatán's relative containment o... view more
Yucatán state's homicide level has remained low and steady for decades and criminal violence activity is low, even while crime rates in much of the rest of the country have increased since 2006. In this research note, we examine five main theoretical explanations for Yucatán's relative containment of violence: criminal competition, protection networks and party alternation, vertical partisan fragmentation, interagency coordination, and social cohesion among the Indigenous population. We find that in Yucatán, interagency coordination is a key explanatory variable, along with cooperation around security between Partido Revolucionario Institucional and Partido Acción Nacional governments and among federal and state authorities.... view less
Keywords
Mexico; violent crime; drug-related crime; regional difference; security; police; Latin America
Classification
Criminal Sociology, Sociology of Law
Free Keywords
Gewaltlosigkeit; Koordination nationaler Maßnahmen und Politiken; Yucatán
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
103–119 p.
Journal
Journal of Politics in Latin America, 14 (2022) 1
ISSN
1868-4890
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed