FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PUBLIC SECURITY EXPENDITURE IN BRAZILIAN STATES
Public Security Expenditure. Public Expenditure Theory. Crime Theory.
The public security expenditure in Brazilian States are high, but crime has grown in the last few decades and therefore it is questioned which factors are associated with this phenomenon. Thus, the general objective of the study is to investigate the factors associated with public security expenditure in Brazilian States, during the period from 2010 to 2018. In this sense, data were collected through the Brazilian Public Security Yearbook (ABSP in portuguese) and the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE in portuguese), with the sample being composed of the population itself. In this sense, the theorical background used were public expenditure theory and crime theory to substantiate and relate the model's variables, which are composed of: homicides, robberies, rapes, vehicle thefts, seized weapons, narcotics trafficking, realized income and demographic density. The study will use the regression technique with panel data in order to verify whether crime rates are associated with Public Security Spending.