Culture of illegality in Medellin and its association with various forms of violence

Authors

  • Luis Fernando Duque †

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.rfnsp.14250

Keywords:

violence, social inequality, illegal culture, rule of law, Medellin

Abstract

Objective: to analyze and resume two previous author's publications on magnitude of illegality culture in Medellin and metropolitan area, and its association with several violent aggressive forms. Methodology: Face to face household survey to a polietapic at at randon samble of 12 to 60 years of age Medellin and metropolitan area population, with a 94.6% answer proportion (n= 5781). Results: There is a very high illegality culture (44 a 72%). Illegality culture is negatively associated with children rearing practices, mainly with mother ́s ones, and is very closed associate to iniquity perception. After living in a violent neighborhood, anomie is the principal risk factor to most of violence studied forms. Having a vigilant mother is a negatively associated factor to most of studied violent aggressive forms (associated to 80-90% armed assaults and 50% to unarmed robberies). Conclusion: There is a very high illegality culture in Medellin and metropolitan area, which seems to be product of iniquity perception, and appears to be associated to most of aggressions studied, and is lower only to association with living in a violent neighborhood.
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Author Biography

Luis Fernando Duque †

Doctor, MSc. Public health. Professor at the National School of Public Health, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia. †

References

(1). Duque LF. La violencia en el Valle de Aburrá: Caminos para la superación. Medellín: Litoservicios. 2009. [internet] [Acceso 26 de noviembre de 2012] http://previva.udea.edu.co/Archivos/Publicaciones%20PREVIVA/Libros/La%20Violencia%20en%20el%20Valle%20de%20Aburra%20Caminos%20para%20la%20superaci%C3%B3n%202009.pdf.

(2). Duque LF, Toro JA, Montoya N. Tolerancia al quebrantamiento de la norma en el área metropolitana de Medellín, Colombia. Opinião Pública 2010; 16: 65-89. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-62762010000100003

(3). Duque LF, Montoya NE, Restrepo MV. Magnitud y distribución de diferentes formas de violencia en Medellín, 2003-2004. 2006. Rev. Fac. Nac. Salud Pública 2006; 24: 61-72

(4). Hawkins DF. Inequality, culture, and interpersonal violence. Health Affairs 1993; 12: 80-95. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.12.4.80

(5). Medellín. Observatorio de Políticas Públicas de la Alcaldía de Medellín. Medellín en cifras, 2011. Medellín: La Alcaldía; 2011.

(6). Gómez BH, editor. ¿Para dónde va Colombia? Bogotá: Tercer Mundo Editores – Colciencias, 1999.

Published

2013-09-25

How to Cite

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Duque † LF. Culture of illegality in Medellin and its association with various forms of violence. Rev. Fac. Nac. Salud Pública [Internet]. 2013 Sep. 25 [cited 2025 Mar. 4];31(2):209-15. Available from: https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/fnsp/article/view/14250

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