Determinantes de la probabilidad de ser víctima de un delito en América Latina para el año 2017

Abstract

Victimization studies the reasons why certain individuals are victims of crime. In this sense, the present investigation aims to analyze the individual and environmental characteristics that influence the probability of being a victim of a crime in Latin America. To do so, a logit model and a probit are estimated using the data provided by Latinobarómetro, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL) and World Bank, year 2017. The results suggest that individual factors such as age, fear of crime and buying stolen objects positively affects the risk of

victimization. Similarly, the probability of being a victim of a crime increases if the individual lives in a capital of Latin American countries due to the high levels of violence that they concentrate.