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Insecurity, Health, and Well-Being
An Initial Exploration Based
Date: Mar, 2011
Crime and insecurity are increasingly common features of life in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly in urban areas. Victimization rates in the region are the highest in the world, with the exception of Sub-Saharan Africa. This publication explores how victimization and perceptions of insecurity affect well-being and health in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as how adaptation mediates those effects.
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Operational Guidelines for Program Design and Execution in the Area of Civic Coexistence and Public Safety
Date: Oct, 2009
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Social Capital, Violence and Public Intervention: The Case of Cali
Date: Apr, 2007
This study attempts to quantify the impact of public interventions designed simultaneously to foster crime prevention and the formation of community-wide social capital.
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Informe "Políticas públicas de seguridad ciudadana - Argentina"
Estudio políticas públicas de seguridad ciudadana casos de Argentina, Chile y Uruguay
Date: Feb, 2006
Este informe analiza la organización y funcionamiento de las instituciones públicas responsables de brindar respuestas al delito, la violencia y la inseguridad en Argentina. Con una perspectiva de sistema, se aborda la situación de seguridad/inseguridad subjetiva y objetiva en el país, en la Provincia de Buenos Aires y en la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, y se describen las iniciativas emprendidas en el último quinquenio.
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Emphasizing Prevention in Citizen Security
Date: Sep, 2005
This report overviews the Bank's work in this area, analyzing, based on available data from completed projects, what works and the challenges that remain in reducing and preventing crime and violence. For example, Colombia (Bogotá) and Uruguay have comple
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Human-Driven Disasters: Violent Conflict, Terrorism and Technology
Date: Jan, 2004
This report provides background information for a review of the Bank's disaster policy. The paper clarifies some definitions, presents a typology of disasters, and analyzes current IDB disaster policy gaps and related issues.
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Technical Note 3: Causes of Violence
Technical Notes: Violence Prevention
Date: Jul, 1999
This is a series of technical notes that describe the nature and magnitude of violence in the region, its causes and effects, and how it can be prevented and controlled. The notes provide useful information on designing programs and policies to prevent and deal with violence.
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Technical Note 9: The Role of the Police in Violence Prevention
Technical Notes: Violence Prevention
Date: Jul, 1999
This is a series of technical notes that describe the nature and magnitude of violence in the region, its causes and effects, and how it can be prevented and controlled. The notes provide useful information on designing programs and policies to prevent and deal with violence.
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Technical Note 8: Violence Control at Municpal Level
Technical Notes: Violence Prevention
Date: Jul, 1999
This technical note builds upon and complements the other notes in the series. This note presents violence prevention programs from a local perspective and provides some examples of actions that have been taken by municipal authorities in different parts of the Americas.
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Technical Note 7: Domestic Violence Against Women
Technical Notes: Violence Prevention
Date: Jul, 1999
Traditionally, women's organizations throughout the world have taken the lead in conducting research on violence against women and providing care and assistance to victims. As a result of these efforts, a body of knowledge and expertise has been gathered which can aid in the design of public policies that promote gender equity and violence prevention. Governments and international organizations have recently started to look for ways to reduce the incidence of this type of violence and it is now apparent that a coordinated effort must be made in order to provide an effective and comprehensive response to families affected by domestic violence.
