Exploring Policy Linkages Between Poverty Crime And Violence

Author : Asha Kambon,Gabrielle Henderson
Publisher : UN
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9211216745

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Exploring Policy Linkages Between Poverty, Crime and Violence by Asha Kambon,Gabrielle Henderson Pdf

The impact of crime and violence on the social, economic and political development of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean is well documented. The paper begins with definitions and categorisation of crime, violence and poverty including a brief discussion of some of the key challenges with measurement. An analysis of crime trends for the period 1996 to 2006 and the incidence of poverty in the countries under review for a similar period is presented. The following section explores the literature which discusses the links between poverty, crime and violence and includes a discussion on the risk factors for crime and violence including the impact of inequality and relative deprivation on levels of crime and violence. The publication also presents findings of a very preliminary study based on a self administered questionnaire and it concludes with recommendations for further research.

Author : Jonathan D. Rosen,Hanna Samir Kassab
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000164336

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Crime, Violence and the State in Latin America by Jonathan D. Rosen,Hanna Samir Kassab Pdf

In this succinct text, Jonathan D. Rosen and Hanna Samir Kassab explore the linkage between weak institutions and government policies designed to combat drug trafficking, organized crime, and violence in Latin America. Using quantitative analysis to examine criminal violence and publicly available survey data from the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) to conduct regression analysis, individual case studies on Colombia, Mexico, El Salvador, and Nicaragua highlight the major challenges that governments face and how they have responded to various security issues. Rosen and Kassab later turn their attention to the role of external criminal actors in the region and offer policy recommendations and lessons learned. Questions explored include: What are the major trends in organized crime in this country? How has organized crime evolved over time? Who are the major criminal actors? How has state fragility contributed to organized crime and violence (and vice versa)? What has been the government’s response to drug trafficking and organized crime? Have such policies contributed to violence? Crime, Violence and the State in Latin America is suitable to both undergraduate and graduate courses in criminal justice, international relations, political science, comparative politics, international political economy, organized crime, drug trafficking, and violence.

Author : Peter Tarlow
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780124115729

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Tourism Security by Peter Tarlow Pdf

Tourism security is an important part of both security management and tourism. Private security professionals and police departments in tourism cities, as well as hotels, major attractions, and theme parks, have all come to realize that tourism security and safety issues (often called tourism surety) are essential for industry survival and success. In Tourism Security, leading expert Peter Tarlow addresses a range of key issues in tourism safety and security. The book guides the reader through a study of tourism security themes and best practices. Topics include the relationship between tourism security and the economy, hotel and motel security, risk and crisis management, public places, transportation, and legal issues. The book also includes case studies of four popular tourist destinations. With each destination, an interview with a police or security representative is included—providing unique, in-depth insight to security concerns. Tourism Security is an invaluable resource for private security professionals, police departments that serve tourist destinations, and tourism professionals who work in hotels or convention centers, or at attractions, casinos, or events. Explains what tourism security is and outlines safety procedures for different tourism environments Serves as a resource tool and how-to for implementing best practices Includes detailed case studies of four popular tourist destinations: Charleston, South Carolina, the Dominican Republic, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Author : Joseph Babatunde Fagoyinbo
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781477226476

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The Armed Forces: Instrument of Peace, Strength, Development and Prosperity by Joseph Babatunde Fagoyinbo Pdf

Across the ages, technological developments have been accelerated by the military. This results from the fact that able-bodied vibrant youths are generally involved and are also exposed to high-tech training prevailing at their times for assignments (defence and security) that are essential but not desired. They form the Armed Forces for the nations. Such brilliant military officers like Caesar and Napoleon made their marks; and, in contemporary times, the Armed Forces of United States, France, Britain, Australia, etc are making remarkable contributions to technological developments. Such infrastructure as the Internet, the GPS and the cell phones are products that have significant military contributions. This book scans across the major regions of the world, highlights the efforts of representative countries in the regions and observes that nations that have harnessed the efforts of their Armed Forces have progressively developed. It is also observed that developments in America and Europe, though not entirely dependent on their Armed Forces, have been greatly affected by their efforts. In Asia, such countries as the People's Republic of China, Brazil, India, Pakistan and Singapore utilise the human and material resources within the Armed Forces for national growth and cohesion. Development effort is least in the African Region, except South Africa and Egypt; notwithstanding the high potentials as exhibited by Nigeria's Armed Forces. Although attempts to industrialise through the Armed Forces may be able to create economic development for developing nations, such factors as historical background, economic resources, political climate, government policies and infrastructure are equally important. Economic development programme of an aspiring country should: i. promote education and access to knowledge ii. aspire to economic self-sufficiency in economic power iii. allow and promote private sector and foreign participation in defence production, research and development iv. commit itself to the establishment and support of defence industries v. indigenise defence programmes, establish a balance between military and economic development and vi. mobilise the nation's economy through technology partnership with the private sector and foreign investors.

Author : Cathy McIlwaine,Caroline Moser
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134575640

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Encounters with Violence in Latin America by Cathy McIlwaine,Caroline Moser Pdf

Latin America is both the world's most urbanized fastest developing regions, where the links between social exclusion, inequality and violence are clearly visible. The banal, ubiquitous nature of drug crime, robbery, gang and intra-family violence destabilizes countries' economies and harms their people and social structures. Encounters with Violence & Crime in Latin America explores the meaning of violence and insecurity in nine towns and cities in Columbia and Guatemala to create a framework of how and why daily violence takes place at the community level. It uses pioneering new methods of participatory urban appraisal to ask local people about their own perceptions of violence as mediated by family, gender, ethnicity and age. It develops a typology which distinguishes between the political, social, and economic violence that afflicts communities, and which assesses the costs of consequences of violence in terms of community cohesion and social capital. This gives voice to those whose daily lives and dominated by widespread aggression, and provides important new insights for researchers and policy-makers.

Author : W. Ascher,N. Mirovitskaya
Publisher : Springer
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137272690

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Economic Development Strategies and the Evolution of Violence in Latin America by W. Ascher,N. Mirovitskaya Pdf

Economic Development Strategies and the Evolution of Violence in Latin America explores the links between Latin American governments' economic policies and the nature and dynamics of inter-group violence. Based on the patterns of ten countries, the contributions to this volume trace the remarkable transformation from open ideological conflict to the explosion of social (seemingly apolitical) violence, the upsurge of urban crime, and the confrontations over natural resources and drugs across the region spanning from Mexico to Argentina. The variations in economic success and in conflict prevention and transformation can guide policymakers, development professionals, and activists committed to conflict-sensitive development.

Author : John Hagan
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0804724040

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Crime and Inequality by John Hagan Pdf

These essays examine how and why inequality affects the patterning of crime and criminal justice. They evaluate the merits of various theoretical ideas, debates, and controversies regarding crime and inequality; document the dynamics of inequality in varied crime settings; examine methodologies used in exploring the crime-inequality relationship; and set forth new research and policy agendas for future work.

Author : Rafael Di Tella,Sebastian Edwards,Ernesto Schargrodsky
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226791852

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The Economics of Crime by Rafael Di Tella,Sebastian Edwards,Ernesto Schargrodsky Pdf

This title presents a survey of the crime problem in Latin America, which takes a very broad and appropriately reductionist approach to analyse the determinants of the high crime levels, focusing on the negative social conditions in the region, including inequality and poverty, and poor policy design, such as relatively low police presence. The chapters illustrate three channels through which crime might generate poverty, that is, by reducing investment, by introducing assets losses, and by reducing the value of assets remaining in the control of households.

Author : Anthony Harriott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9766401446

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Understanding Crime in Jamaica by Anthony Harriott Pdf

Examines the growing crime problem in Jamaica and explores the relationship between crime, politics and the economy and analyses the impact of crime on tourism. The articles collected here provide a comprehensive analysis of the causes, consequences and control of crime, and they point the way to solving Jamaica's escalating criminal activity.

Author : Caroline O. N. Moser,Jeremy Holland
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0821338706

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Urban Poverty and Violence in Jamaica by Caroline O. N. Moser,Jeremy Holland Pdf

This report conducts a comprehensive analysis of India's stabilization and reform program over the past five years, describing a successful transition from central planning to a more open and deregulated economy. In addition to the progress the country has made, the report cites challenges to future growth and points to areas of priority action, such as improving urban services and investing in human capital. The report addresses specific topics, including (i) fiscal consolidation and debt dynamics; (ii) public expenditure and tax reforms; (iii) money and bond markets; (iv) contractual savings institutions; (v) agricultural trade liberalization and rural development; (vi) investing in private infrastructure; and (vii) the external environment and India's export competitiveness.

Author : Jennifer Erin Salahub,Markus Gottsbacher,John de Boer,Mayssam D. Zaaroura
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351254625

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Reducing Urban Violence in the Global South by Jennifer Erin Salahub,Markus Gottsbacher,John de Boer,Mayssam D. Zaaroura Pdf

Reducing Urban Violence in the Global South seeks to identify the drivers of urban violence in the cities of the Global South and how they relate to and interact with poverty and inequalities. Drawing on the findings of an ambitious 5-year, 15-project research programme supported by Canada’s International Development Research Centre and the UK’s Department for International Development, the book explores what works, and what doesn't, to prevent and reduce violence in urban centres. Cities in developing countries are often seen as key drivers of economic growth, but they are often also the sites of extreme violence, poverty, and inequality. The research in this book was developed and conducted by researchers from the Global South, who work and live in the countries studied; it challenges many of the assumptions from the Global North about how poverty, violence, and inequalities interact in urban spaces. In so doing, the book demonstrates that accepted understandings of the causes of and solutions to urban violence developed in the Global North should not be imported into the Global South without careful consideration of local dynamics and contexts. Reducing Urban Violence in the Global South concludes by considering the broader implications for policy and practice, offering recommendations for improving interventions to make cities safer and more inclusive. The fresh perspectives and insights offered by this book will be useful to scholars and students of development and urban violence, as well as to practitioners and policymakers working on urban violence reduction programmes.

Author : Haroon Bhorat,S. M. Ravi Kanbur
Publisher : HSRC Press
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0796921229

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Poverty and Policy in Post-apartheid South Africa by Haroon Bhorat,S. M. Ravi Kanbur Pdf

The political freedoms ushered in by the post 1994 transition were seen at that time as the basis for redressing long-standing economic deprivations suffered by the majority of the population. The reduction of poverty, in all its dimensions, was the goal. The volume will be of interest to researchers, graduate students, and to the technical staff of international agencies and government ministries.

Author : Dr. Rashmee Yadav ,Dr. Mithilesh Verma
Publisher : Shashwat Publication
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789390290055

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Exploring the Link between Violence against Women and Women Involvement in Illegal Activities by Dr. Rashmee Yadav ,Dr. Mithilesh Verma Pdf

The book “EXPLORING THE LINK BETWEEN VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN’s AND WOMEN’s INVOLVEMENT IN ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES” composed by two youngster, Dr. Rashmee Yadav and Dr. Mithesh Verma is a fantastic effort in this direction. they have covered almost all the areas of women’s violence and crime from personal investigation lick violence crime reason and punishment etc . The book is based on the social studies, The author main focused on this book link between violence against women and why women involvement in illegal activities. Because Violence against women in India is actually more present than it may appear at first glance, as many expressions of violence are not considered crimes, or may otherwise go unreported or undocumented due to certain Indian cultural values and beliefs.

Author : Jonathan D. Rosen,Hanna Samir Kassab
Publisher : Springer
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319944517

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Drugs, Gangs, and Violence by Jonathan D. Rosen,Hanna Samir Kassab Pdf

This book examines the nature of transnational organized crime and gangs, and how these diverse organizations contribute to violence, especially in so-called fragile states across Central and Latin America. While the nature of organized crime and violence differs depending on the context, the authors explain how and why states plagued by weak institutions tend to foster criminal organizations and violence, and why counter-crime initiatives often result in higher levels of violence. By examining the consequences of tough on crime policies (e.g., mano dura) in places like Mexico, El Salvador, and Colombia, the volume offers a new perspective on the link between state fragility, crime, and violence.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CORNELL:31924111137836

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