Trust and Public Institutions: Reporting of Gender-Based Violence in Guatemala

• In Event: Comparative Criminal Justice Politics, Violence, and Organized Crime

Brief Overview

In this paper, we address whether criminal justice reforms can increase the reporting of gender-based violence. We focus on Guatemala and study the effect of the territorial expansion of the the Ministerio Publico (General Attorney's office).

Authors

• Diego José Romero, Duke University

• Livia Isabella Schubiger, Duke University

• David A. Dow, University of Arizona