Decentralization, corruption and violence caused by drug trafficiking organizations in Mexico

Drug-trafficking, corruption and violence are all highly negative phenomena and currently present throughout the Mexican states. In the last years of the twentieth century policies of decentralisation of the political power began in Mexico parallel to a democratic transition. This led to a change in the already existing corrupt practices within the country. Decentralisation of the government in transitional countries increases corruption, while corruption within public institutions predisposes to less crime reporting due to less faith in the system. The aim of this piece is to explain the persistently high levels of violence caused by drug-trafficking organisations in some Mexican states after decentralisation of the political power. The method chosen for this paper is the use of literary sources complemented by quantitative data, presenting it in tables and then constructing graphs to show the correlation coefficient between the investigated parameters. It was discovered that a...Show moreDrug-trafficking, corruption and violence are all highly negative phenomena and currently present throughout the Mexican states. In the last years of the twentieth century policies of decentralisation of the political power began in Mexico parallel to a democratic transition. This led to a change in the already existing corrupt practices within the country. Decentralisation of the government in transitional countries increases corruption, while corruption within public institutions predisposes to less crime reporting due to less faith in the system. The aim of this piece is to explain the persistently high levels of violence caused by drug-trafficking organisations in some Mexican states after decentralisation of the political power. The method chosen for this paper is the use of literary sources complemented by quantitative data, presenting it in tables and then constructing graphs to show the correlation coefficient between the investigated parameters. It was discovered that a higher rate of perceived corruption and a poorer justice efficiency performance could very well explain the persistently high levels of violence caused by drug-trafficking organisations in some Mexican states.Show less

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