Stop the violence in Latin America : a look at prevention from cradle to adulthood / Laura Chioda.
2017
HN110.5.Z9 C45 2017
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Title
Stop the violence in Latin America : a look at prevention from cradle to adulthood / Laura Chioda.
Author
Chioda, Laura, author.
ISBN
9781464806643 (alk. paper)
1464806640 (alk. paper)
9781464806650 (e-book)
1464806640 (alk. paper)
9781464806650 (e-book)
Published
Washington, District of Columbia : World Bank Group, [2017]
Copyright
©2017
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (425 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Call Number
HN110.5.Z9 C45 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification
364.4098
Summary
"The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has the undesirable distinction of being the world's most violent region, with 24.7 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants. The magnitude of the problem is staggering and persistent. Of the top 50 most violent cities in the world, 42 are in LAC. In 2010 alone, 142,302 people in LAC fell victim to homicide, representing 390 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 Caribbean is to identify policy interventions that, whether by design or indirect effect, have been shown to affect antisocial behavior early in life and patterns of criminal offending in youth and adults. Particular attention is devoted to recent studies that rigorously establish a causal link between the interventions in question and outcomes. This publication adopts a lifecycle perspective and argues that as individuals progress through different stages of the lifecycle, not only do different sets of risk factors arise and take more prominence, but their interactions and interdependencies shape human behavior. These interactions and the relative importance of different sets of risk factors identify relevant margins that can effectively be targeted by prevention policies, not only early in life, but throughout the lifecycle. Indeed prevention can never start too early, nor start too late, nor be too comprehensive."--Publisher's description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series
Latin American development forum.
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Table of Contents
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
General and specific deterrence
Appendix: World Bank Citizen Security Program in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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
General and specific deterrence
Appendix: World Bank Citizen Security Program in Latin America and the Caribbean.