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When do people become adults? The Uruguayan case

When do people become adults? The Uruguayan case

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Downloadable! This paper explores the key experiences that Uruguayans consider relevant for becoming an adult in Uruguay. In particular, we assess the linkages between adulthood and skills, income, labor market participation and marital status, among others transitions that have been found to be ass...

Victimización y justicia por mano propia en Uruguay

Maximo Rossi, Universidad del Uruguay - Departamento de Economía (dECON)
Fernando Borraz, Universidad de la Republica
Cecilia Chouhy, Universidad de la Republica

Abstract

This article analyzes the attitude of the Uruguayans towards the subjection to the law in the prosecution and punishment of offenders. Specifically, it addresses the approval of people taking justice into their own hands and justification for police action outside the law when capturing delinquents. The LAPOP database (Latin American Public Opinion Project, Vanderbilt University) conducted in 2008 is used for this purpose. Analyzing probit estimates, it is observed that the justification of people taking justice into their own hand is related to the respondent’s experience and situation. Having been victimized in recent months, feeling unsafe in their neighborhood and considering their economic situation as not good, increases the probability of assuming such position. On the other hand, adherence to police procedures is related to individual’s philosophical and political beliefs. This finding indicates that the formation of such attitudes has a differential dynamic and that Uruguayans, when justifying actions outside the law, consider the type of action and the actor involved.

Suggested Citation

Maximo Rossi, Fernando Borraz, and Cecilia Chouhy. 2012. "Victimización y justicia por mano propia en Uruguay" dECON-Working Papers
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/maximo_rossi/56

Central and South America Issue date: 2012-09-09

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Central and South America Issue date: 2012-09-09 

Thursday, September 13, 2012

NEP: New Economics Papers
Central and South America

Edited by: Maximo Rossi
Universidad de la Republica
Issue date: 2012-09-09
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In this issue we have:

Latin American Exchange Rate Dependencies: A Regular Vine Copula Approach
Rubén Albeiro Loaiza Maya; Luis Fernando Melo Velandia

FDI and Income Inequality - Evidence from Latin American Economies
Dierk Herzer; Philipp Hühne; Peter Nunnenkamp

LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT: INCOME DYNAMICS AND THE EVOLVING POLITICAL PREFERENCES OF FORWARD-LOOKING BAYESIAN VOTERS
Michael Carter; John Morrow

Spillovers from Conditional Cash Transfer Programs:Bolsa Família and Crime in Urban Brazil
Laura Chioda; João Manoel Pinho de Mello; Rodrigo R. Soares

La negociación salarial en Uruguay: un modelo para analizar sus efectos
Ivone Perazzo

Ethnic Groups and Anthropometric Differences in Colombia
karina Acosta; Adolfo Meisel

TEORÍA DE LA MIGRACIÓN COLECTIVA COMO EXPLICACIÓN AL DESPLAZAMIENTO FORZADO EN COLOMBIA
Diego Felipe Gutiérrez Bedoya

Wages and Informality in Developing Countries
Costas Meghir; Renata Narita; Jean-Marc Robin

The Welfare Cost of Homicides in Brazil: Accounting for Heterogeneity in the Willingness to Pay for Mortality Reductions
Daniel R.C. Cerqueira; Rodrigo R. Soares

Targeting the Poor: A Macroeconomic Analysis of Cash Transfer Programs
Eduardo Zilberman; Tiago Berriel

Decentralization of Health and Education in Developing Countries: A Quality-Adjusted Review of the Empirical Literature
Anila Channa; Jean-Paul Faguet

Water Scarcity and Birth Outcomes in the Brazilian Semiarid
Rudi Rocha; Rodrigo R. Soares

Does workers’ control affect firm survival? Evidence from Uruguay
Gabriel Burdin

Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty 2012-09-09

http://uruguay.academia.edu/MaximoRossi/Blog/583978/Unemployment-Inequality-and-Poverty-2012-09-09

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