rate of 92 per 100,000 nearly quadruples that of the region. The focus of Crime Prevention in Latin America and the …Overview -- Organizing framework of the study and structure of the report -- Stylized facts about crime and violence in …, education, and brain development -- The nexus between poverty, labor markets, and crime -- Neighborhoods and urban upgrading …

rate of 92 per 100,000 nearly quadruples that of the region. The focus of Crime Prevention in Latin America and the … homicides per day and 4.06 homicides every 15 minutes. Crime disproportionately affects young men aged 20 to 24, whose homicide … effectively be targeted by prevention policies, not only early in life, but throughout the lifecycle. Indeed prevention can never …