Crime, Violence, and Community-Based Prevention in Honduras
Violent crime has emerged as a growing development challenge, affecting large segments of societies, and taking a severe toll on economic development. In many high crime environments, weak institutions, fiscal constraints, and political resistance...
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COMMUNITIES SOCIAL NORMS URBAN COMMUNITIES HOUSING PROGRAMS VIOLENCE RESEARCH URBANIZATION ABUSE SHOPS DEATHS CRIMINAL ASSAULT LAW ENFORCEMENT CRIME STATISTICS VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES DRUG TRAFFICKER DRUGS HOUSING DEATH NEIGHBORHOOD WELFARE INSECURITY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES HEALTH SHANTYTOWN EMIGRATION SOCIAL STRUCTURE PRISONS BARRIOS PROJECTS PROJECT NEIGHBORHOODS TRAFFIC CRIMINAL ACTS OFFENDER CITIES ALCOHOL CORRUPTION CRIME CRIMINAL CODE HOMICIDES CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR HOMICIDE RATE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION PUBLIC HEALTH THEFT DRUG ABUSE ACCIDENT BLACKMAIL DRUG TRADE FIREARMS CYCLE OF VIOLENCE LABOR MARKET URBAN SOCIOLOGY CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM VIOLENT CRIME TRAINING DRUG TRAFFICKING GUNS KIDNAPPING DRUG TRAFFICKERS INTERVENTION WEAPONS CRIME PREVENTION MEASURES LOCALITIES YOUTH CRIME PUBLIC SAFETY INHABITANTS VIOLENCE CRIME PREVENTION MARKETS GANGS RESIDENCY GUN MARIJUANA CRIME VICTIMS SUBURBS TEMPORARY HOUSING PRISON WEAPON INJURY SELLING DRUGS GANG NARCOTICS DESIGN HOMICIDE SHOOTINGS DRINKING SOCIAL CONTEXT SMUGGLERS PLANTATIONS PARTICIPATION DESCRIPTION CRIMES GENDER LEVELS OF CRIME HOMES OCCUPATIONS SLUM MURDER VICTIMS VICTIM URBAN AREAS HOUSEHOLD COCAINE OFFENDERS YOUTH SOCIAL NETWORKS MARKET DELINQUENCY CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES MURDERS BARRIO HOMICIDE RATES PERPETRATORS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SLUMS CRIMINALS CRIME NETWORKS HIGH CRIME THEFTS ALCOHOLIC SECURITY CRIMINAL ACTIVITY RESIDENTIAL AREAS CRIME RATES FIREARM HOUSEHOLDS ACCIDENTS EQUALITY FAVELA POVERTY ADDICTION DEPORTATION OFFENSE CRIME RATE COMMUNITY GROUPS SOCIAL COHESION DRUG ASSAULTS FACILITIES PERPETRATOR NARCOTICS CONTROL HOUSES INTERVENTIONS TRAFFICKING COMMUNITY ENGINEER SOCIAL PROBLEMS SOCIAL CHANGE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT NATIVES YOUTH VIOLENCE ORGANIZED CRIME SAFETY FEMALE LEVEL OF CRIME ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION SERVICE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES GANG MEMBERS URBAN STUDIES |
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COMMUNITIES SOCIAL NORMS URBAN COMMUNITIES HOUSING PROGRAMS VIOLENCE RESEARCH URBANIZATION ABUSE SHOPS DEATHS CRIMINAL ASSAULT LAW ENFORCEMENT CRIME STATISTICS VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES DRUG TRAFFICKER DRUGS HOUSING DEATH NEIGHBORHOOD WELFARE INSECURITY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES HEALTH SHANTYTOWN EMIGRATION SOCIAL STRUCTURE PRISONS BARRIOS PROJECTS PROJECT NEIGHBORHOODS TRAFFIC CRIMINAL ACTS OFFENDER CITIES ALCOHOL CORRUPTION CRIME CRIMINAL CODE HOMICIDES CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR HOMICIDE RATE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION PUBLIC HEALTH THEFT DRUG ABUSE ACCIDENT BLACKMAIL DRUG TRADE FIREARMS CYCLE OF VIOLENCE LABOR MARKET URBAN SOCIOLOGY CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM VIOLENT CRIME TRAINING DRUG TRAFFICKING GUNS KIDNAPPING DRUG TRAFFICKERS INTERVENTION WEAPONS CRIME PREVENTION MEASURES LOCALITIES YOUTH CRIME PUBLIC SAFETY INHABITANTS VIOLENCE CRIME PREVENTION MARKETS GANGS RESIDENCY GUN MARIJUANA CRIME VICTIMS SUBURBS TEMPORARY HOUSING PRISON WEAPON INJURY SELLING DRUGS GANG NARCOTICS DESIGN HOMICIDE SHOOTINGS DRINKING SOCIAL CONTEXT SMUGGLERS PLANTATIONS PARTICIPATION DESCRIPTION CRIMES GENDER LEVELS OF CRIME HOMES OCCUPATIONS SLUM MURDER VICTIMS VICTIM URBAN AREAS HOUSEHOLD COCAINE OFFENDERS YOUTH SOCIAL NETWORKS MARKET DELINQUENCY CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES MURDERS BARRIO HOMICIDE RATES PERPETRATORS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SLUMS CRIMINALS CRIME NETWORKS HIGH CRIME THEFTS ALCOHOLIC SECURITY CRIMINAL ACTIVITY RESIDENTIAL AREAS CRIME RATES FIREARM HOUSEHOLDS ACCIDENTS EQUALITY FAVELA POVERTY ADDICTION DEPORTATION OFFENSE CRIME RATE COMMUNITY GROUPS SOCIAL COHESION DRUG ASSAULTS FACILITIES PERPETRATOR NARCOTICS CONTROL HOUSES INTERVENTIONS TRAFFICKING COMMUNITY ENGINEER SOCIAL PROBLEMS SOCIAL CHANGE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT NATIVES YOUTH VIOLENCE ORGANIZED CRIME SAFETY FEMALE LEVEL OF CRIME ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION SERVICE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES GANG MEMBERS URBAN STUDIES Berg, Louis-Alexandre Carranza, Marlon Crime, Violence, and Community-Based Prevention in Honduras |
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Violent crime has emerged as a growing
development challenge, affecting large segments of
societies, and taking a severe toll on economic development.
In many high crime environments, weak institutions, fiscal
constraints, and political resistance have undermined the
effectiveness of development programs and threatened their
sustainability. The World Bank has begun to confront this
challenge. The country of Honduras is the most violent in
the world as measured by its homicide rate, which reached
90.4 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2012. This report presents
the findings of a study of crime dynamics and prevention
practices focused around a comparison of nine neighborhoods
in three of the most violent cities in Honduras: La Ceiba,
El Progreso, and Choloma. The research revealed that
although the transnational drug trade, economic downturn,
and political crisis have deepened the country’s
vulnerability, some neighborhoods have successfully
prevented crime. Drawing from extensive qualitative research
in these neighborhoods, the study identified practices that
communities pursue to prevent violence through collective
responses. It also examined the characteristics of
communities, societal factors, and institutional context
that have enabled or constrained these responses. The
research points to measures that can be built upon, scaled
up, and tested through future research and programming to
strengthen community-based crime prevention. It illustrates
how deep examination of the dynamics of insecurity - and the
ways communities manage it - can inform efforts to improve
public safety in violence-prone countries. |
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Berg, Louis-Alexandre Carranza, Marlon |
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Berg, Louis-Alexandre Carranza, Marlon |
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Berg, Louis-Alexandre |
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Crime, Violence, and Community-Based Prevention in Honduras |
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Crime, Violence, and Community-Based Prevention in Honduras |
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Crime, Violence, and Community-Based Prevention in Honduras |
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Crime, Violence, and Community-Based Prevention in Honduras |
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Crime, Violence, and Community-Based Prevention in Honduras |
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crime, violence, and community-based prevention in honduras |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2015 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24746742/crime-violence-community-based-prevention-honduras-research-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22378 |
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okr-10986-223782021-04-23T14:04:08Z Crime, Violence, and Community-Based Prevention in Honduras Berg, Louis-Alexandre Carranza, Marlon COMMUNITIES SOCIAL NORMS URBAN COMMUNITIES HOUSING PROGRAMS VIOLENCE RESEARCH URBANIZATION ABUSE SHOPS DEATHS CRIMINAL ASSAULT LAW ENFORCEMENT CRIME STATISTICS VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES DRUG TRAFFICKER DRUGS HOUSING DEATH NEIGHBORHOOD WELFARE INSECURITY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES HEALTH SHANTYTOWN EMIGRATION SOCIAL STRUCTURE PRISONS BARRIOS PROJECTS PROJECT NEIGHBORHOODS TRAFFIC CRIMINAL ACTS OFFENDER CITIES ALCOHOL CORRUPTION CRIME CRIMINAL CODE HOMICIDES CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR HOMICIDE RATE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION PUBLIC HEALTH THEFT DRUG ABUSE ACCIDENT BLACKMAIL DRUG TRADE FIREARMS CYCLE OF VIOLENCE LABOR MARKET URBAN SOCIOLOGY CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM VIOLENT CRIME TRAINING DRUG TRAFFICKING GUNS KIDNAPPING DRUG TRAFFICKERS INTERVENTION WEAPONS CRIME PREVENTION MEASURES LOCALITIES YOUTH CRIME PUBLIC SAFETY INHABITANTS VIOLENCE CRIME PREVENTION MARKETS GANGS RESIDENCY GUN MARIJUANA CRIME VICTIMS SUBURBS TEMPORARY HOUSING PRISON WEAPON INJURY SELLING DRUGS GANG NARCOTICS DESIGN HOMICIDE SHOOTINGS DRINKING SOCIAL CONTEXT SMUGGLERS PLANTATIONS PARTICIPATION DESCRIPTION CRIMES GENDER LEVELS OF CRIME HOMES OCCUPATIONS SLUM MURDER VICTIMS VICTIM URBAN AREAS HOUSEHOLD COCAINE OFFENDERS YOUTH SOCIAL NETWORKS MARKET DELINQUENCY CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES MURDERS BARRIO HOMICIDE RATES PERPETRATORS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SLUMS CRIMINALS CRIME NETWORKS HIGH CRIME THEFTS ALCOHOLIC SECURITY CRIMINAL ACTIVITY RESIDENTIAL AREAS CRIME RATES FIREARM HOUSEHOLDS ACCIDENTS EQUALITY FAVELA POVERTY ADDICTION DEPORTATION OFFENSE CRIME RATE COMMUNITY GROUPS SOCIAL COHESION DRUG ASSAULTS FACILITIES PERPETRATOR NARCOTICS CONTROL HOUSES INTERVENTIONS TRAFFICKING COMMUNITY ENGINEER SOCIAL PROBLEMS SOCIAL CHANGE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT NATIVES YOUTH VIOLENCE ORGANIZED CRIME SAFETY FEMALE LEVEL OF CRIME ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION SERVICE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES GANG MEMBERS URBAN STUDIES Violent crime has emerged as a growing development challenge, affecting large segments of societies, and taking a severe toll on economic development. In many high crime environments, weak institutions, fiscal constraints, and political resistance have undermined the effectiveness of development programs and threatened their sustainability. The World Bank has begun to confront this challenge. The country of Honduras is the most violent in the world as measured by its homicide rate, which reached 90.4 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2012. This report presents the findings of a study of crime dynamics and prevention practices focused around a comparison of nine neighborhoods in three of the most violent cities in Honduras: La Ceiba, El Progreso, and Choloma. The research revealed that although the transnational drug trade, economic downturn, and political crisis have deepened the country’s vulnerability, some neighborhoods have successfully prevented crime. Drawing from extensive qualitative research in these neighborhoods, the study identified practices that communities pursue to prevent violence through collective responses. It also examined the characteristics of communities, societal factors, and institutional context that have enabled or constrained these responses. The research points to measures that can be built upon, scaled up, and tested through future research and programming to strengthen community-based crime prevention. It illustrates how deep examination of the dynamics of insecurity - and the ways communities manage it - can inform efforts to improve public safety in violence-prone countries. 2015-08-11T16:28:17Z 2015-08-11T16:28:17Z 2015-06 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24746742/crime-violence-community-based-prevention-honduras-research-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22378 English en_US Justice, security, and development series; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Honduras |