ACCESS TO SECURITY SERVICES AND CRIME PATTERNS. CASE STUDY: MANIZALES, COLOMBIA

Diego Alexander Escobar (), Daniel Ricardo Oviedo () and Carlos Alberto Moncada ()
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Diego Alexander Escobar: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia, Cra 27#64-60 Off.I-408, Manizales 170004, Colombia
Daniel Ricardo Oviedo: University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
Carlos Alberto Moncada: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Ciudad Universitaria Block 214 Off.417 BogotA 11001000, Colombia

Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management, 2018, vol. 13, issue 1, 57-73

Abstract: Accessibility planning allows a better understanding of the operational characteristics of transport networks in relation to economic, socio-demographic, and land-use variables. It has, however, experienced a much slower adoption in the Global South as opposed to industrialized societies, focusing mostly on work opportunities and other basic services. The city of Manizales in Colombia is considering incorporating accessibility models as part of policy design and decision-making processes for the implementation of new services. In this regard, we set out to assess the relationship between locations of police stations, operational characteristics of the transport network, and criminal offences by using territorial accessibility measures. Our research seeks to contribute to the debates on the applicability and usefulness of accessibility measure when applied to specific services in a developing context. The research builds on primary data obtained in a period of over a year with the aid of GPS equipment. These data are contrasted with information on criminal offences attended by local authorities. Our analyses confront accessibility levels on the road network and spatial coverage of police stations with density of reported criminaloffences. These analyses suggest correlations between areas of the city with higher density of criminal offences and constraints of local capacity and accessibility of police facilities. We provide evidence of the role of accessibility in seamlessly unrelated services and produce new information that can strengthen criteria for land management and locations of urban facilities in mid-sized cities.

Keywords: accessibility; criminal offences; police stations; coverage. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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