We investigate the impact of childhood exposure to organized criminal violence on sociopolitical attitudes in Mexico … institutions, interpersonal trust, and vote choice. To assess the impact of violence exposure on these attitudes, we construct … confrontations from the municipality where they grew up. Our findings indicate that exposure to both types of violence during the …

Latin America and the Caribbean -- The transmission of violence across generations and early interventions -- Youth … behavior early in life and patterns of criminal offending in youth and adults. Particular attention is devoted to recent …Overview -- Organizing framework of the study and structure of the report -- Stylized facts about crime and violence in …

(GDP) to violence. Particularly worrisome is the fact that youth in the region (typically defined as 15-24 year-olds) and …The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has one of the highest levels of crime and violence in the world. While …, 2003). Crime and violence are now recognized as serious economic and social problems with very high economic and social …