Crime Evolution in Latin America 2015-2024: Database by Categories
Database on the evolution of crime in Latin America and the Caribbean during the period 2015-2024, compiled from secondary sources (UNODC, InSight Crime, Prosegur Research, World Bank, ECLAC, UN Women and Infosegura). The dataset includes 230+ records organized by 8 categories: (1) Homicides: rates per 100,000 inhabitants for Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Colombia, Ecuador, Costa Rica and Bolivia. (2) Femicides: reported cases. (3) Kidnappings: complaints. (4) Robberies. (5) Drug trafficking: coca hectares cultivated in Colombia,
crime_evolution_latin_america_2015_2024.csv \u2014 Data in CSV format (UTF-8)README.md \u2014 Dataset overviewCODEBOOK.md \u2014 Variable dictionaryMETHODOLOGY.md \u2014 Study design and methodologyCITATION.cff / CITATION.bib / CITATION.ris \u2014 Citation formatsdatapackage.json \u2014 Frictionless Data descriptordataset_description.json \u2014 schema.org metadata (Google Dataset Search)schema.json \u2014 Formal column structurechecksums.txt \u2014 MD5/SHA256 hashes for integrity verificationde la Serna, Juan Moises (2026). Crime Evolution in Latin America 2015-2024: Database by Categories. Zenodo. 10.5281/zenodo.19145824
Latin America, crime, homicides, drug trafficking, criminology, homicide, violence, public security
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