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TEJEDA PARRA, Guadalupe  e  PALAFOX MOYERS, Carlos Germán. Perception of Citizen Security in Sonora. Región y sociedad [online]. 2021, vol.33, e1438.  Epub 16-Nov-2021. ISSN 2448-4849.  https://doi.org/10.22198/rys2021/33/1438.

Objective: to analyze the Sonoran’s perception of citizen security in their state. Methodology: the dichotomous logit method is used. Results: it is found that having suffered some physical aggression or received some threat, as well as living with a drug-problem person, negatively affect the perception of citizen security, while participating in a neighbors association and people expressing their satisfaction about their neighborhood, the city and the country, pay positively in that perception. Limitations: since the issue of safety is multifactorial, the methodological proposal could have left out significant variables from the analysis. Value: the regional approach provides useful knowledge about this current problem, allowing the raise of new proposals on the direction or orientation of solutions. Conclusions: citizen security is an issue that not only disrupts an aspect of people’s lives, but also impacts their general well-being; therefore, it requires comprehensive approaches and not only unidirectional ones.

Palavras-chave : citizen security; perception; well-being; Sonora.