For nearly a decade, Mexico has been embroiled in a war against organized crime, with little success. But how has this often violent campaign affected people’s fears of crime and victimization? In new research, Carlos J. Vilalta uses data from Mexico’s national victimization survey, and finds that people’s daily routines have been affected by their fears about crime, with many now no longer going out at night as a result, and that this is trend that can be made worse by people’s lack of trust in the police. He writes that policy makers need to distinguish between policies to get crime under control and policies to reduce people’s fear of crime.
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机译：近十年来，墨西哥卷入了一场打击有组织犯罪的战争，但收效甚微。但是，这种经常进行的暴力运动如何影响人们对犯罪和受害的恐惧？在一项新的研究中，卡洛斯·维拉塔（Carlos J. Vilalta）使用了墨西哥全国受害调查中的数据，发现人们的日常习惯受到他们对犯罪的恐惧的影响，因此许多人不再在晚上出门在外，这是趋势人们对警察的不信任会使情况变得更糟。他写道，决策者需要区分控制犯罪的政策和减少人们对犯罪的恐惧的政策。
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