Drug Trafficking and Violence in Central America and Beyond

This paper examines the relationship between narcotics trafficking and violence in Central America. The first part of the paper addresses particular questions posed for the 2011 World Development Report and examines several competing hypothesis on...

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Main Author:	Demombynes, Gabriel
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ABUSES ACCOUNTING ALCOHOL AMBASSADOR ARMED CONFLICT ARMED CONFLICTS ARMED FORCES BATTLES BRIBE BRIBERY BRIBES BURGLARY CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS COCAINE COERCION COMPLAINT CONFIDENCE CONFLICT CONFLICT RESOLUTION CORRUPT CORRUPT OFFICIALS CORRUPTION COURTS CRIME CRIME PREVENTION CRIME PREVENTION MEASURES CRIME RATES CRIMES CRIMINAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES CRIMINAL ACTIVITY CRIMINAL COURT CRIMINAL JUSTICE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS CRIMINAL SANCTIONS CRIMINALITY CRIMINALS DEATHS DEMOBILIZATION DEMOCRACY DRUG DRUG SEIZURES DRUG TRADE DRUG TRAFFICKERS DRUG TRAFFICKING DRUG USE DRUGS DUE PROCESS EXTRADITION EXTRADITION TREATY FIGHTING FIREARM FIREARMS GANG GANG MEMBERS GANGS GUERRILLA GUERRILLA GROUPS GUN GUNS HEROIN HOMICIDE HOMICIDE RATE HOMICIDE RATES HOMICIDES HUMAN RIGHTS ILLICIT DRUG ILLICIT DRUGS INITIATIVE INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS INTERNATIONAL LAW INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INVESTIGATION JUDICIAL CORRUPTION JUDICIARY KIDNAPPING LAW ENFORCEMENT LAW-ENFORCEMENT LAWS LEADERSHIP LEVELS OF CRIME LIABILITY MARIJUANA MARIJUANA USE MONEY LAUNDERING MORTALITY MURDER MURDER RATE MURDER RATES MURDERS NARCOTICS NARCOTICS CONTROL NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING NATIONS OFFENSE ORGANIZED CRIME PAYOFFS PEACE PENAL SANCTIONS PENALTIES PERPETRATORS POLICE POLICE OFFICERS POLITICIAN POLITICIANS PRETRIAL DETENTION PRISON PRISONS PROBATION PROSECUTION PROSECUTORS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC OPINION REPRESSION RISK FACTORS ROADS ROBBERY SAFE HAVENS SECURITY FORCES STATE INSTITUTIONS TOBACCO TORTURE TREATIES TRIALS VICTIMS VIOLENCE VIOLENT CONFLICT VIOLENT CRIME WARFARE WEAPONS WORLD DEVELOPMENT YOUNG MALES YOUNG MEN YOUTH YOUTH GANGS
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spelling	okr-10986-273332021-04-23T14:04:40Z Drug Trafficking and Violence in Central America and Beyond Demombynes, Gabriel ABUSES ACCOUNTING ALCOHOL AMBASSADOR ARMED CONFLICT ARMED CONFLICTS ARMED FORCES BATTLES BRIBE BRIBERY BRIBES BURGLARY CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS COCAINE COERCION COMPLAINT CONFIDENCE CONFLICT CONFLICT RESOLUTION CORRUPT CORRUPT OFFICIALS CORRUPTION COURTS CRIME CRIME PREVENTION CRIME PREVENTION MEASURES CRIME RATES CRIMES CRIMINAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES CRIMINAL ACTIVITY CRIMINAL COURT CRIMINAL JUSTICE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS CRIMINAL SANCTIONS CRIMINALITY CRIMINALS DEATHS DEMOBILIZATION DEMOCRACY DRUG DRUG SEIZURES DRUG TRADE DRUG TRAFFICKERS DRUG TRAFFICKING DRUG USE DRUGS DUE PROCESS EXTRADITION EXTRADITION TREATY FIGHTING FIREARM FIREARMS GANG GANG MEMBERS GANGS GUERRILLA GUERRILLA GROUPS GUN GUNS HEROIN HOMICIDE HOMICIDE RATE HOMICIDE RATES HOMICIDES HUMAN RIGHTS ILLICIT DRUG ILLICIT DRUGS INITIATIVE INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS INTERNATIONAL LAW INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INVESTIGATION JUDICIAL CORRUPTION JUDICIARY KIDNAPPING LAW ENFORCEMENT LAW-ENFORCEMENT LAWS LEADERSHIP LEVELS OF CRIME LIABILITY MARIJUANA MARIJUANA USE MONEY LAUNDERING MORTALITY MURDER MURDER RATE MURDER RATES MURDERS NARCOTICS NARCOTICS CONTROL NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING NATIONS OFFENSE ORGANIZED CRIME PAYOFFS PEACE PENAL SANCTIONS PENALTIES PERPETRATORS POLICE POLICE OFFICERS POLITICIAN POLITICIANS PRETRIAL DETENTION PRISON PRISONS PROBATION PROSECUTION PROSECUTORS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC OPINION REPRESSION RISK FACTORS ROADS ROBBERY SAFE HAVENS SECURITY FORCES STATE INSTITUTIONS TOBACCO TORTURE TREATIES TRIALS VICTIMS VIOLENCE VIOLENT CONFLICT VIOLENT CRIME WARFARE WEAPONS WORLD DEVELOPMENT YOUNG MALES YOUNG MEN YOUTH YOUTH GANGS This paper examines the relationship between narcotics trafficking and violence in Central America. The first part of the paper addresses particular questions posed for the 2011 World Development Report and examines several competing hypothesis on the drivers of crime in Central America. A key finding is that areas exposed to intense narcotics trafficking in Central America suffer from higher homicide rates. Drug trafficking has corrupted state institutions, which have been overwhelmed by the resources deployed by trafficking organizations. The second part of the paper reviews the reasons drug trafficking and anti trafficking enforcement are associated with violence in general and consider policy options. 2017-06-27T16:09:58Z 2017-06-27T16:09:58Z 2011-04 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/761351468235453648/Drug-trafficking-and-violence-in-Central-America-and-beyond http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27333 English en_US World Development Report 2011 Background Papers; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Central America
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topic	ABUSES ACCOUNTING ALCOHOL AMBASSADOR ARMED CONFLICT ARMED CONFLICTS ARMED FORCES BATTLES BRIBE BRIBERY BRIBES BURGLARY CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS COCAINE COERCION COMPLAINT CONFIDENCE CONFLICT CONFLICT RESOLUTION CORRUPT CORRUPT OFFICIALS CORRUPTION COURTS CRIME CRIME PREVENTION CRIME PREVENTION MEASURES CRIME RATES CRIMES CRIMINAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES CRIMINAL ACTIVITY CRIMINAL COURT CRIMINAL JUSTICE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS CRIMINAL SANCTIONS CRIMINALITY CRIMINALS DEATHS DEMOBILIZATION DEMOCRACY DRUG DRUG SEIZURES DRUG TRADE DRUG TRAFFICKERS DRUG TRAFFICKING DRUG USE DRUGS DUE PROCESS EXTRADITION EXTRADITION TREATY FIGHTING FIREARM FIREARMS GANG GANG MEMBERS GANGS GUERRILLA GUERRILLA GROUPS GUN GUNS HEROIN HOMICIDE HOMICIDE RATE HOMICIDE RATES HOMICIDES HUMAN RIGHTS ILLICIT DRUG ILLICIT DRUGS INITIATIVE INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS INTERNATIONAL LAW INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INVESTIGATION JUDICIAL CORRUPTION JUDICIARY KIDNAPPING LAW ENFORCEMENT LAW-ENFORCEMENT LAWS LEADERSHIP LEVELS OF CRIME LIABILITY MARIJUANA MARIJUANA USE MONEY LAUNDERING MORTALITY MURDER MURDER RATE MURDER RATES MURDERS NARCOTICS NARCOTICS CONTROL NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING NATIONS OFFENSE ORGANIZED CRIME PAYOFFS PEACE PENAL SANCTIONS PENALTIES PERPETRATORS POLICE POLICE OFFICERS POLITICIAN POLITICIANS PRETRIAL DETENTION PRISON PRISONS PROBATION PROSECUTION PROSECUTORS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC OPINION REPRESSION RISK FACTORS ROADS ROBBERY SAFE HAVENS SECURITY FORCES STATE INSTITUTIONS TOBACCO TORTURE TREATIES TRIALS VICTIMS VIOLENCE VIOLENT CONFLICT VIOLENT CRIME WARFARE WEAPONS WORLD DEVELOPMENT YOUNG MALES YOUNG MEN YOUTH YOUTH GANGS
spellingShingle	ABUSES ACCOUNTING ALCOHOL AMBASSADOR ARMED CONFLICT ARMED CONFLICTS ARMED FORCES BATTLES BRIBE BRIBERY BRIBES BURGLARY CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS COCAINE COERCION COMPLAINT CONFIDENCE CONFLICT CONFLICT RESOLUTION CORRUPT CORRUPT OFFICIALS CORRUPTION COURTS CRIME CRIME PREVENTION CRIME PREVENTION MEASURES CRIME RATES CRIMES CRIMINAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES CRIMINAL ACTIVITY CRIMINAL COURT CRIMINAL JUSTICE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS CRIMINAL SANCTIONS CRIMINALITY CRIMINALS DEATHS DEMOBILIZATION DEMOCRACY DRUG DRUG SEIZURES DRUG TRADE DRUG TRAFFICKERS DRUG TRAFFICKING DRUG USE DRUGS DUE PROCESS EXTRADITION EXTRADITION TREATY FIGHTING FIREARM FIREARMS GANG GANG MEMBERS GANGS GUERRILLA GUERRILLA GROUPS GUN GUNS HEROIN HOMICIDE HOMICIDE RATE HOMICIDE RATES HOMICIDES HUMAN RIGHTS ILLICIT DRUG ILLICIT DRUGS INITIATIVE INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS INTERNATIONAL LAW INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INVESTIGATION JUDICIAL CORRUPTION JUDICIARY KIDNAPPING LAW ENFORCEMENT LAW-ENFORCEMENT LAWS LEADERSHIP LEVELS OF CRIME LIABILITY MARIJUANA MARIJUANA USE MONEY LAUNDERING MORTALITY MURDER MURDER RATE MURDER RATES MURDERS NARCOTICS NARCOTICS CONTROL NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING NATIONS OFFENSE ORGANIZED CRIME PAYOFFS PEACE PENAL SANCTIONS PENALTIES PERPETRATORS POLICE POLICE OFFICERS POLITICIAN POLITICIANS PRETRIAL DETENTION PRISON PRISONS PROBATION PROSECUTION PROSECUTORS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC OPINION REPRESSION RISK FACTORS ROADS ROBBERY SAFE HAVENS SECURITY FORCES STATE INSTITUTIONS TOBACCO TORTURE TREATIES TRIALS VICTIMS VIOLENCE VIOLENT CONFLICT VIOLENT CRIME WARFARE WEAPONS WORLD DEVELOPMENT YOUNG MALES YOUNG MEN YOUTH YOUTH GANGS Demombynes, Gabriel Drug Trafficking and Violence in Central America and Beyond
geographic_facet	Latin America & Caribbean Central America
relation	World Development Report 2011 Background Papers;
description	This paper examines the relationship between narcotics trafficking and violence in Central America. The first part of the paper addresses particular questions posed for the 2011 World Development Report and examines several competing hypothesis on the drivers of crime in Central America. A key finding is that areas exposed to intense narcotics trafficking in Central America suffer from higher homicide rates. Drug trafficking has corrupted state institutions, which have been overwhelmed by the resources deployed by trafficking organizations. The second part of the paper reviews the reasons drug trafficking and anti trafficking enforcement are associated with violence in general and consider policy options.
format	Working Paper
author	Demombynes, Gabriel
author_facet	Demombynes, Gabriel
author_sort	Demombynes, Gabriel
title	Drug Trafficking and Violence in Central America and Beyond
title_short	Drug Trafficking and Violence in Central America and Beyond
title_full	Drug Trafficking and Violence in Central America and Beyond
title_fullStr	Drug Trafficking and Violence in Central America and Beyond
title_full_unstemmed	Drug Trafficking and Violence in Central America and Beyond
title_sort	drug trafficking and violence in central america and beyond
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/761351468235453648/Drug-trafficking-and-violence-in-Central-America-and-beyond http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27333
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Drug Trafficking and Violence in Central America and Beyond

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