Economic assessment of homicides in Cartagena (1995-2005)

This paper analyzes the economic costs of ihe homicides in the District of Cartagena for the period 1995 - 2005, which are determined by the calculation of Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL) from the database of homicides the period 1995 – 2005 processed by the COSED, which can characterize the hom...

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Autores principales: Goyeneche-González, Fredi, Pardo-Gómez, Jerry, Mármol-Pérez, Oswaldo
Formato: Revistas
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Universidad de Cartagena 2010
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unicartagena.edu.co/index.php/panoramaeconomico/article/view/392
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Sumario:This paper analyzes the economic costs of ihe homicides in the District of Cartagena for the period 1995 - 2005, which are determined by the calculation of Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL) from the database of homicides the period 1995 – 2005 processed by the COSED, which can characterize the homicidal violence from a set of variables such as tinre of occurrence of the events, contexts, neighborhoods of occurrence and type of place, among others. Among the main results found that between 1995 and 2005 had an average annual YPLL 8.452, being 11.018 the highest level reached in 2003 and 7.010 the minimum value iohidi toas obtained in 1998.Key Words: Economic costs, years of potential life lost, murders.