Minas Gerais Public Safety Management Integration Program (IGESP)
Axios
Policing
Solution types
Management by Results
Problems addressed
Crime and delinquency (multiple types)
Homicides
Robberies
Low crime solving capacity
Effectiveness

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Promising

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Life periods served
People of all ages
Where the program was applied
Community (streets or community centers)
Country of application
Brazil
Description

This is a results-based management model created by the Minas Gerais State Office of Social Defense (SEDS, for its acronym in Portuguese), inspired by the Police for Results Project, formulated by the Military Police in partnership with the Center for Studies on Crime and Public Safety (CRISP) of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG).
IGESP is based on the introduction of information management systems and organizational changes similar to those associated with COMPSTAT.
Its implementation began in 2005, in the city of Belo Horizonte, and in 2008 it reached 56 other municipalities. The system works with permanent meetings that monitor the indicators of the integrated public security areas, encouraging the analysis of environmental factors of each territory and of the most violent individuals, as well as the integration between Civil and Military Police.

Impact evaluations

An impact evaluation, which analyzed data between 2000 and 2008, concluded that the evidence points to a causal effect of IGESP on crime. The most conservative estimates indicate a 24% reduction in property crime and a 13% reduction in crimes against persons. There is also some evidence of a temporarily lagged reduction in homicide rates, but this seems to be particularly related to the experience of the state’s capital city (Belo Horizonte) [1].
There is also evidence that IGESP is associated with improved police response, as measured by weapons seizure and clearance rates. The results suggest that the coordination and information advantages represented by the program can be a major factor in a successful anti-crime policy.

Bibliographic reference

[1] Soares, R., Viveiros, I. (2010). Organization and information in the fight against crime: an evaluation of the integration of police forces in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. DISCUSSION PAPER SERIES n. 5270. Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). October. https://docs.iza.org/dp5270.pdf

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