Reducing impunity involves increasing the rigor of laws and their application by the courts
How many times have you not heard that the causes of crime in the Are they too complex? Or that the criminal is a victim of society, and that it would be necessary to improve the country’s socioeconomic situation to reduce violence? We’ve been hearing this sociological nonsense for years, and the situation only gets worse. The robberies, kidnappings to obtain transfer via and cell phone thefts have become part of the routine in Brazilian capitals. Citizens leave home and don’t know if they will experience some of these situations.
To reverse this problem, the solution must involve four points: reducing impunity, controlling weapons at borders, reducing corruption and the presence of the State in regions dominated by crime.
Reducing impunity involves increasing the rigor of laws and their application by the courts. It is widely documented in academic literature that the criminal makes the decision to commit a crime based on the risk versus return relationship. Today, in Brazil, the certainty of impunity has reduced the risk and increases the benefit of crime. In other words, crime pays.
Gun control at borders is another key factor in reducing violence. Criminals only have the power to confront the police because they have access to heavy weapons.
It is clear that many weapons enter the border clandestinely, but they also arrive here through corruption in inspection. The same corruption is responsible for the entry of cell phones into prisons, an instrument through which drug kingpins give orders to criminal factions.
Finally, it is high time for a permanent occupation of military forces in regions taken over by crime. It is also proven that increasing the number of police reduces violence.
Certainly these policies, if well implemented, would significantly reduce crime in Brazil. Either we adopt these State policies, or Brazil will become a narco-state overrun by crime.
*This text does not necessarily reflect the opinion of Jovem Pan.
