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Impact of public policies on citizen security in a
district of Lima
Impacto de las políticas públicas de seguridad ciudadana en
un distrito de Lima
Victor Raul Castagnola Sanchez*
ABSTRACT
The present of investigation "Impact of the public policies
of city security in the district of Lurigancho Chosica, 2019",
had as general objective to determine was the impact of
the Public Policies of City Security in the district of
Lurigancho Chosica, 2019. The method was descriptive
type, qualitative approach; non-experimental design: cross-
sectional, the population of the district of Lurigancho
Chosica, sample interview is 04 officials of the Municipality
of Lurigancho Chosica, the content of non-probabilistic
type. The personal technique to collect information was
the interview. The following conclusions were reached: a)
The public policies of citizen security that were applied in
the district of Lurigancho Chosica did not yield the fruits
that were expected, b) It has good strategies, but they are
not applied in their totality and c) Prostitution and
delinquency continue to advance.
Keywords: citizen security, strategies, control, public
policies.
RESUMEN
La presente de investigación "Impacto de las políticas
públicas de ciudad seguridad en el distrito de Lurigancho
Chosica, 2019", tuvo como objetivo general determinar fue
el impacto de las Políticas Públicas de Seguridad Ciudadana
en el distrito de Lurigancho Chosica, 2019. El método fue
de tipo descriptivo, enfoque cualitativo; de diseño no
experimental: transversal, la población del distrito de
Lurigancho Chosica, muestra la entrevista es de 04
* Master in Public Management, Universidad Cesar Vallejo, Lima,
Peru, castagnolavictor1965@hotmail.com, https://orcid.org/0000-
0002-3515-6326.
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funcionarios de la Municipalidad de Lurigancho Chosica, el contenido de tipo no
probabilístico. La técnica personal para recolectar información fue la entrevista. Se llegó
a las siguientes conclusiones: a) Las políticas públicas de seguridad ciudadana que se
aplicaron en el distrito de Lurigancho Chosica no rindieron los frutos que se esperaban,
b) Cuenta con buenas estrategias, pero no se aplica en su totalidad y c) La prostitución
y la delincuencia sigue avanzando.
Palabras clave: Seguridad Ciudadana, estrategias, control, políticas públicas
INTRODUCTION
At a global level, while most countries are trying to move forward showing
improvements in their political, social and economic conditions, fighting against poverty
and a stable democracy; in spite of this, they have a major problem, citizen insecurity,
which is reflected in high indicators of violence, criminality and crimes against property.
Citizen security is currently a relevant issue, generating an impact on the social part and
generating obstacles for the development of communities. In recent years Latin America
has grown economically, reduced poverty, consolidated its democracy, as well as
countries that have increased their responsibility in the protection of society. However,
there has been an increase in insecurity: violence and homicides, as well as an increase
in citizens' fear of becoming victims of violence. In the mid-1990s, with the return to
democracy in most Latin American countries, there was an increase in violence and
crime. Thus, Latin America became the 2nd place with homicide indicators that were
twice as high as those of other countries in the world.
When we speak of public policies on citizen security, we refer to the decision-making
process and actions aimed at solving a problem of citizen insecurity in society. It is about
"changing the way of life, transforming behavior, disseminating values or attitudes that
adhere to the law, morals and culture of a community". Peru, as a globalized country,
also has a high rate of insecurity and being more in urban areas most of the population
have been victims of a criminal act either street theft, aggravated robbery, rape,
kidnapping and crimes against life. Likewise, there has been an increase in the number of
juvenile offenders who belong to organized gangs. The situation is worrying because it
makes us see the social defects in future generations, the sanctions received by juvenile
offenders are taken with dissatisfaction by the community because they are derisory.
For example, juvenile offenders who commit homicide are only sent to a rehabilitation
center for 6 years, which means that if you commit homicide at 17 years of age, you will
be sent to a rehabilitation center until you are 23 years old, along with young offenders
12 years of age and older. On the other hand, the great majority of juvenile inmates are
not rehabilitated, in many cases these young people leave the center for having served
their sentence and the next day they are returning for having committed another crime.
As well as increasing the rate of underage offenses: from petty theft to causes of death,
starting with drug trafficking and kidnappings in passing. However, in some countries
there are middle options, such as those who reach the age and do not distinguish
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between what is licit or illicit, and in cases where there are doubts about the
psychological maturity of the young offender, he should undergo tests to see if his mental
level allows him to decide between good or bad, if the tests show that he was in his right
mind, he should be tried as an adult, otherwise he would be tried as a minor.
Citizen security is a modality of human security, therefore, it is related to the security
of the person and the community, especially with threats such as crime and violence;
seeking the health and welfare of the population.
Previous international works were examined as: the methodology used for their
research work was of mixed descriptive, non-experimental approach, the techniques
used were that of documentary analysis through a qualitative and quantitative design. In
the research, the inhabitants of the district were taken as a sample, in the La Mariscal
Circuit 2009-2013 (Rodríguez & Macías, 2018).
The research concluded that in the first year there was an increase in the citizen security
indicator of aggravated theft, specifying that in 2012 and 2013 there was a slight decrease
in this indicator (Jordana, 2009). It also employed the case study methodology,
interpretative, the case analysis technique was of qualitative approach, the sample was
interviews and process tracing. It was concluded that the proposed activities were
effective, resulting in the reduction of victimization in the district.
In this research the method was comparative, the sample was the population of the local
territory of Bogota-Madrid, 25 experts on the subject were interviewed, focus groups
were conducted with a police department and a public safety directorate. It was
concluded that policies were generated that had to do with citizenship feeling committed
to prevention policies just as they were coordinated with private and public institutions,
policies that were implemented and came to notice that the objective that was directed
from Spain to Colombia was fulfilled (Ramos, 2014).
In his study he used the same method, but with a sociological basis, the technique used
was qualitative for the case study. Interviews were conducted with the chief of police,
ombudsman of Badalona, president of the association of merchants of the city, members
of political parties. Angarita, (2010) concludes that the uncoordinated interventions
carried out by the sample of this research, i.e. private and public institutions, caused an
imbalance in public safety policies and programs offered by the public administration.
In relation to previous national works we can mention in his research on Public Policies
on Citizen Security in the district of Chancay 2017 - 2018, which aimed to show results
on his research. This research was of qualitative approach, basic type, descriptive design;
it considered as population the district of Chancay and as sample 05 experts on the
subject of citizen security of the district Municipality of Chancay, having as data collection
technique the interview, observation and documentary analysis. The study concluded
that Chancay's public policy plan is strategically of good quality; however, it states that
it lacks the definition of some essential points.
He presented his thesis entitled: Public policies of citizen security in San
Miguel: Case study of the "Vecindario Seguro" Plan, which aims to
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investigate the experience in the implementation of the public policy of
citizen security at the local level Vecindario Seguro, which was applied in
three districts of Metropolitan Lima since October 2015, as a result it
was only successful in the district of San Miguel in which crime was
minimized by 67.9% by the end of 2016 compared to 2015. The
implementation of Vecindario Seguro in the latter district constitutes the
focus of this research, in order to learn about its implementation, analyze
it and identify the factors that contributed to such success. As a research
strategy, case studies are used and information is collected through
documentary review and in-depth interviews with the actors who had an
active participation in the implementation. Finally, we describe the
implementation of the Vecindario Seguro plan, identify success factors
and explain how the articulated work between the police, the local
government and the neighborhood councils not only reduced the
incidence of crime, but also improved the perception of citizen security
at the local level and confidence in the district's police (Fuentes, 2003, p.
10).
The Public Policies of Citizen Security, are the pact between two actors: the State and
the Society, with the objective of benefiting one of those actors and this one comes to
be the society. However, in many cases this objective is forgotten, which is the
consequence of the failure of several public policies, which is the direction of the plans
to be carried out in order to eradicate the problems of the sector where they will be
applied, with the proper coordination with society, as it refers. From the exposed lines
coming from we say then said definitions keep relation with what these policies refer
are limited to the governance of the crime reducing the beat of the organized crime, the
crime. Latin America has moved from reactive and repressive approaches to the design
and implementation of models that focus on comprehensiveness, human rights and
multisectoral coordination.
As a result of this problem, our country has enacted laws on Citizen
Security considering in its articles the role, actions of the State and the
collaboration and intervention of the different institutions in the face of
this problem. Likewise, the State approves Supreme Decrees among
other regulations with the purpose of guaranteeing and giving due
intervention to all levels of government with the objective of eradicating
delinquency and organized crime, with respect to the intervention of local
governments.
Public Policies should be oriented at each level of government since each
reality and problem is different, as are its resources and public and/private
institutions (Espinoza et al., 2016, p. 11).
In relation to the theories of public policy on citizen security, the Peruvian Ministry of
the Interior points out that the main characteristics of a public policy on citizen security
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are that it should be comprehensive, participatory, intersectoral, intergovernmental and
universal. Taking into account that the essential services to be provided are: prevention
of violence and crime, control and prosecution of crime, attention to victims and
rehabilitation and social reintegration.
The following are the categories and sub-categories that will be developed in this
research: Prevention of violence and crime. Identification of crimes, Action of the PNP,
Organized population. Crime control and prosecution. Integrated patrolling by sector,
joint operations, mixed patrolling, recovery and maintenance of public order, training in
citizen security issues, formation of neighborhood councils. Attention to victims. Legal
advice, social and psychological assistance. Rehabilitation and social reintegration,
rehabilitation and training of prisoners, support for social reintegration. In this regard,
they also ask and answer "What is posing the research problem? In reality, posing the
problem is nothing more than refining and structuring the research idea more formally.
Next, we pose the general problem: In what way are public policies effective in citizen
security in the district of Lurigancho Chosica 2019? The theoretical justification is to
make known the different concepts and theories that reinforce the organizations that
lack a citizen security plan. Its purpose is to provide a contribution in theoretical and
scientific knowledge, as mentioned, the present research we realize that all theories are
very important sources that will contribute to reduce citizen insecurity through the
implementation of public policies. It is justified in a practical way because this research
will allow the members of the citizen security and the population to have knowledge of
the different strategies that are used to reduce delinquency. It was justified
methodologically, because of the contribution to scientific knowledge, the instrument
will be measured, which will provide us with the different perceptions of the population.
Given the above reasons, the general objective is to To evaluate public policies regarding
citizen security in the district of Lurigancho Chosica.
The district of Lurigancho Chosica is no stranger to these shortcomings of public safety
due to the lack of surveillance throughout the district, it is every day to see thefts of
vehicles and homes, but the main problem is the clandestine brothels in the areas of
Carapongo and Puente Huachipa, this generates drug trafficking, alcoholism, child
prostitution, crime, crimes against property and homicides. These areas are already no
man's land after 10:00 p.m. The authorities ignore the complaints. The authorities ignore
the complaints of the community residents, so much so that they close these
establishments and a few days later they are back in operation. As long as there is no
coordinated work between the municipality and the Peruvian National Police, citizen
insecurity will continue in this district.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The following types and designs of research will be used in this research:
The research is of a basic type, the basic characteristics of qualitative studies can be
summarized in that they are basic research centered on the subjects, which adopt the
perspective inside the phenomenon to be studied in an integral or complete manner.
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The inquiry process is inductive and the researcher interacts with the participants and
with the data, seeks answers to questions that focus on the social experience, how it is
created and how it gives meaning to human life Conde, (2016).
The research is of Descriptive Design, since the purpose of this research is to specify
characteristics and properties of concepts, variables, phenomena or facts in a certain
context. According to the data analyzed, this research is of Qualitative approach since
the objective of qualitative research is to provide a research methodology that allows us
to understand the complex world of the lived experience from the perception of the
people who live it.
This research will use the non-experimental phenomenological method, because the
variables have not been manipulated. Non-experimental designs are defined as: "studies
that are carried out without deliberate manipulation of variables and in which only
phenomena are observed in their natural environment and then analyzed". It is cross-
sectional because the data were collected at a single point in time. Inductive research
was carried out with respect to this type of research.
They refer that overlap in principles discovered to particular cases, from
a link of judgments. The investigation was carried out in the district of
Lurigancho Chosica, Department of Lima The development of the
investigation was carried out in the Municipality of the district. At this
point, the members of the Citizen Security Committee, which executes
the Local Citizen Security Plan based on the Public Policies established in
the National Citizen Security Plan 2019 - 2023 and the strategies to
reduce citizen insecurity in the District of Lurigancho Chosica, gathered
together. Members of the Citizen Security Committee of the Municipality
of Lurigancho Chosica participated in this research. (Via Zoom) a) The
Mayor of the District, knowledgeable about the district's problems and
expert in Public Management. b) The Commissioner of the district's
police station, knowledgeable about the district's problems and expert in
Citizen Security. c) (02) members of the Citizen Security Committee
(CODISEC), it is specified that these participants were interviewed
because they are knowledgeable about the Public Policies on Citizen
Security that are applied in the District of Lurigancho Chosica and, above
all, the commitment to comply with these policies in order to obtain good
results for the benefit of society. (Espinoza et al., 2016, p. 26).
RESULTS
In this research, the techniques of interview, observation and documentary analysis and
data collection instruments have been used to respond to the general objective, which
is to evaluate public policies regarding citizen security in the district of Lurigancho
Chosica (2019).
The interview was applied to 2 members that integrate the Citizen Security Committee
together with 02 Technical Secretaries of Citizen Security, the interview was of
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structured type the topic of the interview was the public policies of citizen security
applied in the District of Lurigancho Chosica 2019 whose purpose was the knowledge
and effectiveness of such application, if it was achieved to reduce citizen insecurity in the
district. It is good to know that each interviewee pronounced their knowledge regarding
the categories under investigation.
Figure 3. Triangulation of the interview with informants. Adapted from Lora, K.
Resultados de la aplicación de las políticas públicas de seguridad ciudadana en el distrito
de Chancay.
The observation of each participant we can highlight that they feel identified with the
district, in order to comply with policies, programs, plans and activities that are linked
to citizen security in the district of Lurigancho Chosica, which are the prevention of
violence and crime, control and prosecution of crime and attention to victims of citizen
insecurity, knowing that in each category sub categories are developed.
Figure 3. Triangulation of the interview with informants. Adapted from Lora, K.
Resultados de la aplicación de las políticas públicas de seguridad ciudadana en el
distrito de Chancay.
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I3, I4
I1
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E2
E3, E4
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Documentary analysis was carried out, through the review and analysis of reports for
the preparation of the Local Plan for Citizen Security of the District of Lurigancho
Chosica for 2019, also analyzed and reviewed the development and coordination
through the Technical Secretaries the approval of all policies, programs, projects and
activities in relation to Citizen security in the district and the impact it left in 2019.
Figure 4. Triangulation of the interview with informants. Adapted from Lora, K.
Resultados de la aplicación de las políticas públicas de seguridad ciudadana en el distrito
de Chancay.
DISCUSSION
During the investigation, it was possible to fulfill the general objective of "Evaluating
public policies regarding citizen security in the district of Lurigancho Chosica 2019,
according to the interviewees, public policies were applied to prevent violence and
crime, control and prosecution of crime and attention to victims, arguing that these
public policies were implemented based on plans, programs and activities approved in
the Local Plan for Citizen Security of the District of Lurigancho Chosica.
1st. Category, "Prevention of violence and crime", according to information provided by
informants in the district of Lurigancho Chosica, public policies for the prevention of
violence and crime were applied, starting with the identification of criminal acts by
drawing up a risk map, a map that was used for the development of programs and
activities established in the Local Plan for Citizen Security; Likewise, the actions of the
National Police of Peru carried out programs and activities with the community, and in
this category, programs were applied to organize the population, programs approved in
the District's Local Citizen Security Plan. The fulfillment of Specific Objective 01,
"Evaluate public policies regarding the prevention of violence and crime in the district of
Lurigancho Chosica 2019" was achieved since according to the information provided by
the informants they were able to describe the public policies of citizen security applied
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for the prevention of violence and crime, These policies are applied according to the
risk map with due action of the PNP through the preventive programs of Youth Patrols,
cooperating network program, school self-protection brigade program, also described
the program of organization of neighborhood councils achieving for it the organization
of citizens in order to achieve the prevention of violence and crime in the district.
Category 2, "Control and Prosecution of Crime", with respect to the information
gathered from informants in the district of Lurigancho Chosica, public policies for the
Control and Prosecution of Crime established in the Local Citizen Security Plan were
applied in accordance with the crime map, activities and operational plans were
implemented with the participation of public institutions working on the basis of a
results-based approach.
Specific Objective 02 was achieved: "Evaluate public policies regarding the control and
prosecution of crime in the district of Lurigancho Chosica", since according to the
information collected by the informants, they managed to describe the public policies of
citizen security applied for the control and prosecution of crime, These policies are
applied according to the risk map with the proper collaboration of public and/or private
entities of the district and citizen participation carried out through activities and
operational plans such as integrated patrolling by sector, execution of joint operations,
recovery and maintenance of public order, citizen security training, formation of
neighborhood councils and mixed patrolling.
Category 3, "Attention to victims", with respect to the information gathered from
informants in the District of Chancay in the Local Citizen Security Plan, logistical
resources were allocated and public social policies were approved, as well as legal
assistance in the district Municipality and in the Women's Emergency Center Offices
established in the Police Station of the Lurigancho Chosica district. Specific Objective
03: "Evaluate public policies regarding attention to victims in the district of Lurigancho
Chosica" was achieved, since it was possible to describe the public policies of citizen
security applied for the Attention to Victims who receive legal assistance through the
Women's Emergency Center and Municipal Demuna; likewise, social assistance was
described which is applied through social programs such as the glass of milk, soup
kitchens, attention to people with disabilities, productive workshops and sports
activities.
CONCLUSIONS
This research concludes that the public policies on citizen security that were applied in
the district of Lurigancho Chosica through its programs, plans, activities and strategies
have managed to prevent and reduce in part the rate of citizen insecurity, but they have
not been eradicated. Likewise, it is concluded that the implementation of these public
safety policies through the coordinated operations of the serenazgo agents with the
police has allowed to curb the wave of citizen insecurity in the district. Estrada, (2014)
states that at the conclusion of the public policies of citizen security that were applied
with respect to the attention to victims of citizen insecurity have shown effectiveness
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since the rate of complaints through legal advice and psychological support has allowed
the victims to have more security when reporting their aggressors.
Despite all the efforts to eradicate citizen insecurity in the district, we can still see that
acts of delinquency and clandestine prostitution continue to a lesser extent, mainly in
the areas of Huachipa and Carapongo.
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