Associations between offense categories and police recorded crime patterns across Peruvian departments
Introduction Police-recorded crime statistics are widely used to describe public safety conditions and territorial patterns of criminal activity, yet they primarily reflect administrative processes and offense composition rather than underlying criminal behavior. This study aimed to analyze the expl...
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| author | Rafael Romero-Carazas Fabrizio Del Carpio Delgado Roque Juan Espinoza Casco David Hugo Bernedo-Moreira Wilter C. Morales-García Renza Adriana Alexandra Rodríguez-Asto Lorena Karolay Quiñones-Ormeño |
| author_browse | David Hugo Bernedo-Moreira Fabrizio Del Carpio Delgado Lorena Karolay Quiñones-Ormeño Rafael Romero-Carazas Renza Adriana Alexandra Rodríguez-Asto Roque Juan Espinoza Casco Wilter C. Morales-García |
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| description | Introduction Police-recorded crime statistics are widely used to describe public safety conditions and territorial patterns of criminal activity, yet they primarily reflect administrative processes and offense composition rather than underlying criminal behavior. This study aimed to analyze the explanatory contribution of major offense categories to the total number of police-recorded crime reports across Peruvian departments. Methodology the study adopts a cross-sectional design and applies descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression models to assess the statistical associations between major offense categories and the total volume of police-recorded crimes across Peruvian departments. The analysis draws on records corresponding to the first quarter of 2024 and focuses on aggregated departmental-level data. Result The results indicate that crimes against property constitute the dominant component of police-recorded crime nationwide and are significantly associated with total recorded crime volumes, while other offense categories display weaker or non-significant associations. Conclusion interdepartmental variation in police-recorded crime in Peru is primarily shaped by the internal composition of offense categories embedded in administrative data, reflecting structural and institutional regularities rather than causal determinants or individual reporting behavior. |
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| spelling | openalex:W7202180297Associations between offense categories and police recorded crime patterns across Peruvian departmentsRafael Romero-CarazasFabrizio Del Carpio DelgadoRoque Juan Espinoza CascoDavid Hugo Bernedo-MoreiraWilter C. Morales-GarcíaRenza Adriana Alexandra Rodríguez-AstoLorena Karolay Quiñones-Ormeñopolice-recorded crimeproperty crimecrime statisticsPeruvian departmentspublic safetyCrime Patterns and InterventionsCriminal Justice and PenologyPolicing Practices and PerceptionsIntroduction Police-recorded crime statistics are widely used to describe public safety conditions and territorial patterns of criminal activity, yet they primarily reflect administrative processes and offense composition rather than underlying criminal behavior. This study aimed to analyze the explanatory contribution of major offense categories to the total number of police-recorded crime reports across Peruvian departments. Methodology the study adopts a cross-sectional design and applies descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression models to assess the statistical associations between major offense categories and the total volume of police-recorded crimes across Peruvian departments. The analysis draws on records corresponding to the first quarter of 2024 and focuses on aggregated departmental-level data. Result The results indicate that crimes against property constitute the dominant component of police-recorded crime nationwide and are significantly associated with total recorded crime volumes, while other offense categories display weaker or non-significant associations. Conclusion interdepartmental variation in police-recorded crime in Peru is primarily shaped by the internal composition of offense categories embedded in administrative data, reflecting structural and institutional regularities rather than causal determinants or individual reporting behavior.Articlehttps://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.179255.1https://f1000research.com/articles/15-1271/pdfW7202180297enF1000Research2046-14022026-08-01 |
| spellingShingle | police-recorded crime property crime crime statistics Peruvian departments public safety Crime Patterns and Interventions Criminal Justice and Penology Policing Practices and Perceptions Rafael Romero-Carazas Fabrizio Del Carpio Delgado Roque Juan Espinoza Casco David Hugo Bernedo-Moreira Wilter C. Morales-García Renza Adriana Alexandra Rodríguez-Asto Lorena Karolay Quiñones-Ormeño Associations between offense categories and police recorded crime patterns across Peruvian departments |
| title | Associations between offense categories and police recorded crime patterns across Peruvian departments |
| title_full | Associations between offense categories and police recorded crime patterns across Peruvian departments |
| title_fullStr | Associations between offense categories and police recorded crime patterns across Peruvian departments |
| title_full_unstemmed | Associations between offense categories and police recorded crime patterns across Peruvian departments |
| title_short | Associations between offense categories and police recorded crime patterns across Peruvian departments |
| title_sort | associations between offense categories and police recorded crime patterns across peruvian departments |
| topic | police-recorded crime property crime crime statistics Peruvian departments public safety Crime Patterns and Interventions Criminal Justice and Penology Policing Practices and Perceptions |
| topic_facet | police-recorded crime property crime crime statistics Peruvian departments public safety Crime Patterns and Interventions Criminal Justice and Penology Policing Practices and Perceptions |
| url | https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.179255.1 https://f1000research.com/articles/15-1271/pdf |
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