Present State in Defense of Life Program in the State of Espírito Santo (Brazil)
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Description

This is a results-based management program in the area of public safety aimed at reducing crime rates (intentional violent deaths).
It is developed along two axes:
1) Expansion of the access to basic services and promotion of citizenship in regions with high indices of social vulnerability; and
2) Security forces management model based on indicators and goals that allow the government to measure the results of public security projects and actions in each area on a permanent basis.

Impact evaluations

An impact evaluation concluded that the program led to a 10.2% decrease in the number of homicides in the state of Espírito Santo between 2010 and 2014.
The study showed that, were it not for the adopted policy, the number of homicides would have increased by 29% between 2010 and 2014.
The study resorted to the synthetic control method, using various economic and demographic indicators of Brazilian states as control variables [1].

Bibliographic reference

[1] Cerqueira, D., Ramos, D., Coelho, D., Lins, G. (2019). Uma Avaliação de Impacto de Política de Segurança Pública: O Programa Estado Presente do Espírito Santo (TEXTO PARA DISCUSSÃO núm. 2543). Brasília DF, Brasil. Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA). http://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/bitstream/11058/9704/1/td_2543.pdf

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