A Mobile Application Design to Prevent Criminal Acts in Lima, Peru

Abstract

In the province of Lima, Peru, criminal acts are increasing every day; it is a social problem that affects many people, who often try with the life of the indignant person, becoming the greatest fear of the community. For this reason, a mobile application was designed that allows the inhabitants to report and share the criminal acts that occur in their environment in real time, allowing them to prevent such acts. This application was designed using the Balsamiq tool, which allows each sketch to be developed in an organized manner. The result was the development of each module that addresses each of the functionalities of the application design for its correct structuring with the Balsamiq tool. These results will help the inhabitants of Lima, Peru, to expose the facts of which they are victims, without the immediate need to go to the police station, and which will be proposed for development to different competition funds.

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“…On the other hand, Cáceres Franco and Cajas Carbajal [12] verified that it is currently very viable to develop applications to combat citizen security reaching an internal rate of return (IRR) of 35%, TheShield App clearly demonstrates that not only users but also municipalities find this business idea extremely beneficial because of the tools provided to users and all this at their fingertips. Likewise, Delgado et al, [13] validated that at present the districts of Lima have the necessary resources for the implementation of these applications being a possible solution to contribute against the high crime rate that manages the capital reaching almost 40.5% in Metropolitan Lima.…”