Crime and violence are now a key development issue for Central American countries. In three nations El Salvador …, Guatemala, and Honduras crime rates are among the top five in Latin America. This report argues that successful strategies … future options. In addition, the design of national crime reduction plans and the establishment of national cross …

Crime and violence are now a key development issue for Central American countries. In three nations El Salvador …, Guatemala, and Honduras crime rates are among the top five in Latin America. This report argues that successful strategies … future options. In addition, the design of national crime reduction plans and the establishment of national cross …

) early school leaving; iii) risky sexual behavior leading to early childbearing and HIV/AIDS; iv) crime and violence; v …

continuing to experience high levels of crime and inter-ethnic violence and other insecurity concerns. Since 2003, reforms have … governance problems facing Kenya, namely, large-scale corruption, high levels of crime, and interethnic violence. This study …The objective of this study is to contribute to the ongoing dialogue on police reform in Kenya, where poor police …

"This paper examines how households trade off migration and savings when subject to exogenous violence. The authors … propose that households under violence decide jointly on migration and saving, because a higher asset-stock is more difficult … to carry to a new place. When confronted with exogenous violence, households are expected to consider migration, and …

guerrillas and paramilitaries, gang violence among drug traffickers, and high common delinquency. In this context, households … authors test the hypothesis that households, when confronted with exogenous violence, reduce their investment and, moreover … strongly supports the hypothesis. The results shed new light on the economic impact of violence. The immediate reduction in …

"Worldwide, patterns of violence against women differ markedly from violence against men. For example, women are more … likely than men to be sexually assaulted or killed by someone they know. The United Nations has defined violence against … women as "gender-based" violence, to acknowledge that such violence is rooted in gender inequality and is often tolerated …

"Morrison, Ellsberg, and Bott present an overview of gender-based violence (GBV) in Latin America, with special … violence and sexual coercion are the most common forms of GBV, and these are the types of GBV that they analyze. GBV has …-based violence: It is essential to focus on the prevention of GBV, not just on services for its survivors. Prevention is best …