Crime and Violence in Development : A Literature Review of Latin America and the Caribbean

The authors review the recent literature on crime and violence in Latin America and the Caribbean and present a broad overview of the main ideas and empirical findings. They provide estimates of the magnitude of the problem, trends, and the manifestations of crime and violence in Latin America. They...

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Main Authors: Heinemann, Alessandra, Verner, Dorte
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/10/7141524/crime-violence-development-literature-review-latin-america-caribbean
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9024