Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer perpetrated primarily by states against their citizens, but by … shaped by centuries of violence and exclusion, inequality and marginalization prevail and the institutional changes of … characteristics of each local configuration result in patterns of violence in ways often strikingly different from what is portrayed …

We analyze individual and country factors that explain attitudes toward intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW …

This paper analyses the repercussions of the high level of criminal violence in Latin America on the economy of the … violence has had a significant negative effect on investment and economic growth. …

violence has had a significant negative effect on investment and economic growth. -- violence ; crime ; growth ; Latin America …This paper analyses the repercussions of the high level of criminal violence in Latin America on the economy of the …

Overview -- Organizing framework of the study and structure of the report -- Stylized facts about crime and violence in … Latin America and the Caribbean -- The transmission of violence across generations and early interventions -- Youth …, education, and brain development -- The nexus between poverty, labor markets, and crime -- Neighborhoods and urban upgrading …

Overview -- Organizing framework of the study and structure of the report -- Stylized facts about crime and violence in … homicides per day and 4.06 homicides every 15 minutes. Crime disproportionately affects young men aged 20 to 24, whose homicide … rate of 92 per 100,000 nearly quadruples that of the region. The focus of Crime Prevention in Latin America and the …