Double face of insecurity problem: Crime and victimization. analyzing its impact on individuals quality of life

It is indispensable for a society to recognize certain fundamental social rights. Both “human necessities” and “human rights” theories recognize the necessity of respect and observation of theses rights and that the democratic regime it’s the most efficient for doing this.

Between theses theories, Doyal and Gough human necessity theory establishes physical survival and personal autonomy as basic needs of any culture at any time. As well they consider social participation and liberty development as both basic needs important aims. It is necessary the development of certain forms of organized production and of communication and authority to finally accomplish them.

This investigation looks forwards to demonstrate the relation between human and institutional development and the negative effects of institutional weakness over insecurity problem. We study the double face of the insecurity problem – objective criminal facts and subjective insecurity feeling – and its negative consequences over human life quality, social integration and psychological capacities.

Recognizing a straight relation between human development and institutional strength, and noticing that liberty, protection and subsistence are basic human necessities, this work looks forward to analyze how the different levels of institutional weakness or citizen distrust in Argentina have a negative influence over the double aspect of insecurity problem.

Based on the results of the Social Argentine Debt Survey of Catholic University Social Argentine Debt Observatory this investigation seeks to answer the following questions: Is there any relation between the different levels of political distrust and insecurity feeling? And between different levels of victimization and lack of trust in police authorities?  Do high levels of victimization reflect a lack of adequate protection? What is the difference between insecurity perception for those who where crime victims and those who where not? Does policing reduce crime? How insecurity problem affect human life quality, psychological capacities and welfare?