Stop the violence in Latin America : : a look at prevention from cradle to adulthood / / Laura Chioda.
"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...
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| Superior document: | Latin American development forum |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Washington, District of Columbia : : World Bank Group,, [2017] 2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Latin American development forum.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (425 pages) :; illustrations, maps. |
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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.