The IDB collaborates with countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to address the challenges of citizen security and justice through evidence-based solutions. These efforts are crucial for reinforcing the rule of law and promoting economic and social development.
We provide technical and financial support to governments in the following areas:
affected by or at risk of suffering from violence.
through professionalizing and dignifying police work, increasing accountability, and leveraging technology.
through professionalizing government ministries and improving their technical and human resource capacities, enhancing coordination among institutions, and digitalizing the judicial process.
to ease their socioeconomic reentry, fostering respect for human rights, and adopting international standards for management and deployment of technologies in correctional facilities.
This document contributes to filling the knowledge gap with evaluation of impacts, processes, and outcomes of an innovative program for economic and social reintegration of incarcerated women implemented in Chile.
The present report, focused on youth aging out of residential care and detention in Belize, aims to contribute to the growing literature on frameworks, models, programs, and best practices to address service gaps and barriers and improve outcomes for youth transitioning to post care.
Low trust in state actors constrains state capacity, hindering growth and development.
Visit the first Security and Justice Evidence Bank available in Spanish and Portuguese, with systematized evidence of almost 100 types of solutions and 700 evaluated cases to prevent crime and violence.
