Corruption is One of the Variables that Explains the Community Problem of Crime Near Schools in Mexico

Abstract

In Mexico, as well as worldwide level, school performance is one of the main concerns of the countries. This performance has been affected by the wave of violence the country lives. There are multiple researches that seek to explain the phenomenon of violence in and around the schools, but until now, corruption had not been considered as one of the quantitative variables that can explain this problematic. With data from the Survey of Victimization and Perception of the Public Safety of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography, the records of the students and the coverage rates by the official educational level, through a procedure of multiple linear regression, it was found with a minor significance to 5% that the low coverage of the population with an educational degree at bachelors level, violent gangs, the resulting frequent thefts and assaults, the lack of public lighting and the problem of corruption explain the problems of the community crime near schools. The recommendation is for the authorities of the communities to keep ssurveilling and monitoring the problem of corruption to attain a good school performance.