Impact of Internal Political-Military Crisis on Feeling of Insecurity: Case of Abidjan Metropolis

Abstract

Some experiences of violence directly or indirectly lived by the population during the Ivorian political-military crisis, helped put center stage the issue of the feeling of insecurity, particularly in Abidjan. This work addresses the question of crisis’ impact by comparing the before and after crisis feelings of insecurity. From 354 individuals surveyed before the crisis 93 were re-interviewed during an after crisis investigation. The sample was built according to an experimental plan of eight groups and interviewed by means of a multidimensional questionnaire. Results indicate an increase of after crisis feeling of insecurity as well as a rise of “bad faith of the people” and “Ineffectiveness of the judiciary” among the perceived main elements of insecurity.