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05-26-2009, 03:30 PM
The DR is among seven countries in the Americas that are reporting fewer crime victims each year. This places the country ahead of Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Brazil, Nicaragua, Paraguay, the United States, Guatemala, Bolivia, El Salvador, Venezuela, Uruguay, Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Argentina.
This rather surprising information is contained in the report "Political Culture of Democracy in the Dominican Republic, 2008: the Impact of Governance". This survey was carried out in March 2008 as part of the LAPOP Americas Barometer 2008 series of surveys. It follows up national surveys conducted in 2004 and 2006 by the Latin America Public Opinion Project (LAPOP). The 2008 survey was conducted by Vanderbilt University with fieldwork by Gallup Dominican Republic. Funding came from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
The complete report and the questionnaire can be found at Political Culture of Democracy in Dominican Republic, 2008: the Impact of Governance, written Jana Morgan Kelly and Rosario Espinal.
The study found that between 2004 and 2006 the number of Dominicans who reported being crime victims increased from 6.8% to 16.2%, but declined to 14.8% in 2008. The number indicates that instead of increasing, the crime rate dropped by 1.4%.
The investigation noted that, "the groups that reported the greatest number of crimes were men, young people, inhabitants of major cities and people with a higher level of education." The lowest percentages of crime victims were reported in Jamaica (8.3%), Panama (8.4%) and Belize (10.8%). Honduras, Canada and Haiti were the next countries in order. Regarding their perception of security, the study found that the Dominicans have a relatively moderate perception. Of the 23 nations included in the study, 14 have levels of insecurity perceived to be higher than this country, where 39.5% of those interviewed said that they felt insecure, versus 54.5% who said that they felt "very secure." Only 42 % of interviewees said that they felt that the police protected them, but this figure is an improvement over the 2006 figure, which was just 30%. In its conclusions, the report said that 48% of people interviewed in 2008 said that they felt that the police would capture the criminal. This level of perception is the highest of the 17 Latin American countries in the study.
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This rather surprising information is contained in the report "Political Culture of Democracy in the Dominican Republic, 2008: the Impact of Governance". This survey was carried out in March 2008 as part of the LAPOP Americas Barometer 2008 series of surveys. It follows up national surveys conducted in 2004 and 2006 by the Latin America Public Opinion Project (LAPOP). The 2008 survey was conducted by Vanderbilt University with fieldwork by Gallup Dominican Republic. Funding came from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
The complete report and the questionnaire can be found at Political Culture of Democracy in Dominican Republic, 2008: the Impact of Governance, written Jana Morgan Kelly and Rosario Espinal.
The study found that between 2004 and 2006 the number of Dominicans who reported being crime victims increased from 6.8% to 16.2%, but declined to 14.8% in 2008. The number indicates that instead of increasing, the crime rate dropped by 1.4%.
The investigation noted that, "the groups that reported the greatest number of crimes were men, young people, inhabitants of major cities and people with a higher level of education." The lowest percentages of crime victims were reported in Jamaica (8.3%), Panama (8.4%) and Belize (10.8%). Honduras, Canada and Haiti were the next countries in order. Regarding their perception of security, the study found that the Dominicans have a relatively moderate perception. Of the 23 nations included in the study, 14 have levels of insecurity perceived to be higher than this country, where 39.5% of those interviewed said that they felt insecure, versus 54.5% who said that they felt "very secure." Only 42 % of interviewees said that they felt that the police protected them, but this figure is an improvement over the 2006 figure, which was just 30%. In its conclusions, the report said that 48% of people interviewed in 2008 said that they felt that the police would capture the criminal. This level of perception is the highest of the 17 Latin American countries in the study.
http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/files/lJ7rRC/... (http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/files/lJ7rRC/Technical%20Information%20Political%20Culture%20of%20Democracy%20in%20Dominican%20Republic%202008%20the%20Impact%20of%20Governance.pdf)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#11)