Resumen

VILALTA-PERDOMO, Carlos Javier. When kleptocracy is not enough: crimes against businesses. Econ. soc. territ [online]. 2017, vol.17, n.55, pp.837-866. ISSN 2448-6183.  https://doi.org/10.22136/est2017983.

How many crimes are committed against businesses and what is the economic damage they cause? This study answers the previous question and includes a preliminary spatial and correlation analysis that allows explore the extent, severity, location and the effects of this public security problem. Based on two victimization surveys against businesses, it is found that direct economic losses and expenditures on protection devices against crime reach multimillion figures. A geography of economic losses and of expenditure on protection devices against crime measures were also found.

Palabras llave : crime; victimization; business; survey; Mexico.