Three Innovative Ways to Reduce Violence in Latin America
Three Innovative Ways to Reduce Violence in Latin America
By
Viridiana Rios
A small number of criminals and gang leaders have the power to control violence. Latin America should focus on shaping their behavior.
Reducing violence is not about controlling violent neighborhoods or even about controlling violent people. It is about inducing people to control themselves. That’s it. The best policing comes when no police are required.
The question is how to achieve this in Latin America, the most violent region in the world and home to countries like El Salvador, Honduras and Venezuela, each with homicide rates ...
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