Violation of laws increases in 1Q 2014, according to São Paulo Law School

The general score of the IPCLBrasil for the first quarter of 2014 was 6.8 - less than 7.3 points for the same period of 2013.
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07 七月 2014

The Law Compliance Perception Index (IPCLBrasil) for the first quarter of 2014 produced by São Paulo Law School (DIREITO SP) points out an increase in the number of Brazilians who admitted breaching the most basic laws of social interaction. According to the report, the proportion of respondents who purchased a pirate CD or DVD in the last 12 months increased from 60% to 63% between the first quarter of 2013 and the same period of 2014; those who said they've made noise capable of disturbing their neighbors jumped from 34% to 40% in the period.The number of respondents who admitted throwing garbage in forbidden areas went from 18% to 29%. There was also an increase in the proportion of people who admitted to parking in forbidden places (from 22% to 23%), drinking and driving (from 14% to 17%), smoking in forbidden places (from 5% to 12%), using a student ID to pay half price (from 5% to 9%), giving money to police or public officers to avoid being fined (from 3% to 6%) and taking cheap items from a store without paying (3% to 5%). The only situation that remained stable was of those who admitted to crossing the street outside of the crosswalk: 72%.One hypothesis that should be taken into consideration is that the lack of a proper response from the authorities to the demonstrations may have led people to a sense of indifference to the rules of civility, said the coordinator of IPCLBrasil, Luciana Gross Cunha.The general score of the IPCLBrasil for the first quarter of 2014 was 6.8 - less than 7.3 points for the same period of 2013. The perception of Brazil in relation to compliance with laws reached 6.8 points on a scale of 0 to 10, where 10 represents total commitment to compliance with the laws, explained Luciana.The survey interviewed 3,300 people between October 2013 and March 2014, in seven states (Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Pernambuco and Amazonas), plus the Federal District. Please click here to read the full report (in Portuguese).

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