Homicide in Brazil: What journalists should know
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email The news of violence in Brazil seems endless: Drug gangs not only killing but decapitating their enemies during a riot at a prison in Manaus…
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Violent crime in the developing world: Research roundup
…key drivers of crime and violence in the region are drug trafficking, youth violence and gangs, an abundance and high availability of firearms, and a lack of developed criminal justice…
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Using public health methods to investigate the diffusion of homicide
…time. Guided by a hypothesis that “homicide would diffuse in a similar process to an infectious disease with firearms and gangs operating as the infectious agents,” the researchers — April…
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Crime, house prices and inequality: Examining Rio de Janeiro’s favelas
…as bases for the drug trade. This illegal commerce has led to conflicts between gangs over territory, and subsequently reduced both the safety and value of homes in these areas…
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Linking income inequality and violent crime: Data from Mexico’s “drug war”
…Calderon, the country’s president during that period, targeted the leaders of drug cartels, but the strategy reportedly led to a violent competition between gangs to consolidate power within a multi-billion-dollar…
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Legal reporting: Covering the judicial system and understanding its importance
…judge who hears primarily juvenile cases; an advocate for minors in the justice system; a local prosecutor; or a police officer who mostly investigates crimes by gangs or other crimes…
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United Nations 2011 global study on homicide
…and the activities of criminal gangs”; the same is only true of approximately 5% of homicides in the Asian and European countries for which data are available. By and large,…
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U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
…surrounded many of these areas. Army snipers and Shabbiha [government-backed militia and gangs] gunmen posted at strategic points terrorized the population, targeting and killing small children, women and other unarmed…
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What’s new in digital scholarship: January 2013
…others — but also our perceptions of our immediate surroundings. Such technologies might “enrich the local information environment.” He also thinks about the potential downsides, e.g., What could street gangs…
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Unaccompanied migrant children in the United States: Research roundup
…extortion or kidnapping by criminal gangs, which in turn, may motivate the child to migrate to the United States. Hence, having an employed parent in the United States ostensibly acts…
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