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Hi John,

Please join the Becker Friedman Institute (BFI) at the University of Chicago, Princeton University, and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) for the ninth webinar in a series presenting innovative research on crime and violence in Latin America and the Caribbean. If you would like to receive updates via email on future webinars in this series, sign up for the series mailing list here.


The Impact of Military Policing in Colombia:
Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation

Wednesday, March 9, 2022
10 AM-11 AM CST / 11 AM-12 PM EST

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This webinar will be held in both English and Spanish. Translation from English to Spanish and vice versa will be provided.
 
The deployment of the armed forces to support domestic policing operations has been used across multiple countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. While it has supporters among those who advocate for an “iron fist” approach to high levels of crime, especially in contexts with constrained police forces, detractors express concerns about the potential for human rights abuses at the hands of soldiers trained for combat. New findings from a study in Colombia bring rigorous evidence to the debate.

In this webinar, Michael Weintraub (Universidad de los Andes) will discuss his randomized impact evaluation, carried out with coauthor Rob Blair (Brown University), of recurring, intensive military patrols to reduce crime in Cali, Colombia. Nathalie Alvarado (Inter-American Development Bank) will comment on the implications of this research. A 10-minute Q&A will follow the presentation.


Speaker

  • Michael Weintraub, Associate Professor of Government and Director of the Security and Violence Area of the Center for the Study of Security and Drugs (CESED), Universidad de los Andes

Policy Discussant

  • ​​​​​​Nathalie Alvarado, Citizen Security Sector Technical Leader at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

Moderator

  • Ana María Serrano, Policy and Relationships Manager at IPA Colombia
 

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