TY - JOUR PY - 1997// TI - Accidents and acts of violence in Brazil: IV--Report of an experiment related to traffic accident prevention: a model used by the Pan American Health Organization JO - Revista de saude publica A1 - Leitao, F. B. SP - 47 EP - 50 VL - 31 IS - Suppl N2 - The report of a program related to the prevention of traffic accidents in Bogota, Columbia, in 1983, is presented. The methodology applied showed that extensive and preventive policing produced immediate results and its adoption was relatively simple: the number of accidents declined from 414 to 48 within one year of LA - SN - 0034-8910 UR - http://dx.doi.org/ ID - ref1 ER -