Education Reduced Crime in Mexico: Broader Welfare Can Do Even More
Guest post by Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Mauricio Rivera, and Barbara A. Zarate-Tenorio Many scholars have suggested that education…
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Violence in Mexico May Be Worse Than You Think
By Aila M. Matanock In February, a 25-year-old woman named Ingrid Escamilla was stabbed to death, and her…
La Mano Dura: Lessons from El Salvador’s Security Sector Reform
By Gaëlle Rivard Piché for Denver Dialogues Security sector reform (SSR) is at the core of contemporary state-building…
Explaining High Murder Rates in Latin America: It’s Not Drugs
By Elaine Denny and Barbara F. Walter In a background paper for the World Bank on homicide rates James D.…