Global Journal of Human Social Science, F: Political Science, Volume 23 Issue 6

© 2023. Jaime Luiz Cunha de Souza & Luis Fernando Cardoso e Cardoso. This research/review article is distributed under the terms of the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). You must give appropriate credit to authors and reference this article if parts of the article are reproduced in any manner. Applicable licensing terms are at https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. Homicide Rates in Fragile Democracies: Reflections on the Paradoxes of Latin America By Jaime Luiz Cunha de Souza & Luis Fernando Cardoso e Cardoso Federal University of Pará Abstract- This article analyzes the relationship between the quality of democracy and homicide rates in Latin America. Our hypothesis is that governments with authoritarian tendencies in Latin America do not necessarily have higher homicide rates than those without these tendencies. Our research focuses analyzing the “quality” of democracy in four countries: Brazil and Colombia, categorized as "weak democracies", and Peru and Bolivia, considered "hybrid regimes." Secondary data obtained from the Economist Intelligence Unit , Our World in Data and the World Bank Group websites were used for this analysis. Findings indicate that weakening of institutions is an important contributor to homicide rates in weak democracies (Brazil and Colombia). However, this factor has less of an impact on homicide rates in hybrid regime countries (Peru and Bolivia), where the fragility of democracy coexists with lower homicide rates. Keywords: latin america; fragile democracies; state institutions; homicides. GJHSS-F Classification: LCC: HV6021-HV6034 HomicideRatesinFragileDemocraciesReflectionsontheParadoxesofLatinAmerica Global Journal of HUMAN-SOCIAL SCIENCE: F Political Science Volume 23 Issue 6 Version 1.0 Year 2023 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Online ISSN: 2249-460x & Print ISSN: 0975-587X Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: