Citizen participation and community actions in crime prevention. Case Nuevo Leon

Abstract

Crime prevention is the appropriate tool for reduction crimes in any society. This articles reviews citizen participation models and laws specially on security, mechanisms of prevention, with the objectives of determining the level of awareness of the population regarding the Law on Social Prevention of Violence and Crime with Citizen Participation of the State of Nuevo León and the level of citizen participation in crime prevention and to identify whether the social and government actions have been effective in crime prevention, as far as the methodology of the study is concerned, it is qualitative, since semi-structured interviews were applied. The objectives of this study are to assess the crime and violence index that exists in the Metropolitan Area of Monterrey, Nuevo León, identifying the level of citizen participation to prevent crimes and to investigate which are the causes or factors that influence the communities of the Metropolitan area of Monterrey, to act in accordance to the Law of Social Prevention of Violence and Crime with Citizen Participation in the state of Nuevo Leon, as well as verify the existence of social actions promoted by the state institutions that entail faithful compliance with the Law of Social Prevention and Crime with Citizen Participation of the state of Nuevo Leon,for the effects of an effective community participation in crime prevention.