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- Title
Meet the victim: Police corruption, violence, and political mobilization.
- Authors
Ponce, Aldo F.; Somuano, Ma. Fernanda; Velázquez López Velarde, Rodrigo
- Abstract
Recent literature has analyzed the relationship between governmental corruption and political behavior, focusing on voting turnout (Stockemer, LaMontagne, & Scruggs, 2013). Fewer studies have examined the impact of corruption on nonelectoral political participation. This article fills this gap by examining how nonelectoral political participation is influenced by corruption within one of the most important institutions dealing with citizens' welfare and safety: the police. We focus our research on Mexico because the effects of police corruption have been increasingly felt in the country in recent decades. We find that experiences of police corruption raise the likelihood of taking the streets to protest. Interestingly, we also find that corruption experiences specifically with police bureaucracies lead to greater likelihood of nonelectoral participation through institutional channels. We also report that the combination of police corruption and violent crime alienates citizens from the political sphere.
- Subjects
MEXICO; POLICE corruption; VOTER turnout; POLITICAL participation; POLITICAL corruption; VIOLENT crimes; VIOLENCE; PUBLIC demonstrations; VICTIMS
- Publication
Governance, 2022, Vol 35, Issue 3, p887
- ISSN
0952-1895
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/gove.12629