The Militarization of Public Security and Violence: A Study of the Mexican Case Public
Sibilia, Brandon Scott (2012)
Abstract
The Militarization of Public Security and Violence: A Study of the
Mexican Case
Previous studies have analyzed the effects
of militarization on levels of violence in regards to the drug war
in Mexico, but they have been forced to adopt qualitative
approaches due to data constraints. With the recent release of
newly refined data, however, scholarship is able to employ
empirical analyses when studying this relationship. The paper
presented here is one of the first studies to quantitatively
analyze the effects of militarization on levels of violence in
Mexico. Even though I am unable to solve the problem of
endogeneity, as greater violence may result in the use of the
military to confront domestic security threats, I can still suggest
possible correlations between troop deployments and drug
trafficking related homicides. Generally speaking, the relationship
between troop deployments and homicides is strongly and positively
correlated, suggesting that militarization can lead to greater
levels of violence. More specifically, the use of the military to
confront drug cartels can possibly increase the amount of drug
cartel member deaths and fatalities of persons of authority. On the
contrary, it appears that militarization may not result in
heightened fatalities caused by violent confrontations. Instead,
the geographic location of the state might be a more significant
causal factor, as border states tend to have higher amounts of
violent confrontation deaths than non-border states. Finally, the
results suggest that economic conditions do not have a significant
impact on levels of violence.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Chapter I - Introduction Page 1
Chapter II - History of Drug Policy in Mexico Page 5
Chapter III - The Mexican Military Page 15
Chapter IV - Theories of Violence Page 21
Chapter V - The Effects of Militarization Page 29
Chapter VI - Chihuahua Page 55
Chapter VII - Conclusion Page 63
Appendix A - Major Federal Police and Military Page 66
Deployments from 2007 to 2009
Appendix B - Codebook Page 67
Works Cited Page 69
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