O impacto dos gastos orcamentários sobre os índices de criminalidade na Paraíba entre os anos de 2013 e 2020

Abstract

This work sought to analyze whether expenditures in the area of public security and social defense in Paraíba had impacts on crime rates in the state between 2013 and 2020. For this, an exploratory theoretical research was carried out based on open data from the national treasury on expenditure committed with public safety in Paraíba between 2013 and 2020 and data from public safety yearbooks and the atlas of violence on crime against life rates (homicide, intentional homicide and feminicide). In carrying out this research, it was found that investments in security in Paraíba grew steadily over the eight years surveyed, during this period the crime rates had a considerable reduction between 2013 and 2019. The current public security policy in the state started from in 2011 with a new management model put into practice with the creation of the Paraíba Unida Pela Paz program, which started to establish unique and harmonious guidelines for the performance of these operating bodies, in a new management method focused on investments, planning, monitoring and integration which aimed at rendering accounts of the public service provided to the society of Paraíba. With a focus on monitoring crime rates, especially crimes against life and property, and even more efficient legislation that pays bonuses to police officers for reducing crimes against life, for seizing weapons. Therefore, it is concluded that these factors had a positive impact on the reduction of crime rates in Paraíba between the years surveyed.