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Crime, Violence, and Community-Based Prevention in Honduras

dc.contributor.author Berg, Louis-Alexandre
dc.contributor.author Carranza, Marlon
dc.date.accessioned 2015-08-11T16:28:17Z
dc.date.available 2015-08-11T16:28:17Z
dc.date.issued 2015-06
dc.description.abstract 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. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24746742/crime-violence-community-based-prevention-honduras-research-report
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22378
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Justice, security, and development series;
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject COMMUNITIES
dc.subject SOCIAL NORMS
dc.subject URBAN COMMUNITIES
dc.subject HOUSING PROGRAMS
dc.subject VIOLENCE RESEARCH
dc.subject URBANIZATION
dc.subject ABUSE
dc.subject SHOPS
dc.subject DEATHS
dc.subject CRIMINAL
dc.subject ASSAULT
dc.subject LAW ENFORCEMENT
dc.subject CRIME STATISTICS
dc.subject VIOLENCE PREVENTION
dc.subject SERVICES
dc.subject DRUG TRAFFICKER
dc.subject DRUGS
dc.subject HOUSING
dc.subject DEATH
dc.subject NEIGHBORHOOD
dc.subject WELFARE
dc.subject INSECURITY
dc.subject HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
dc.subject ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
dc.subject HEALTH
dc.subject SHANTYTOWN
dc.subject EMIGRATION
dc.subject SOCIAL STRUCTURE
dc.subject PRISONS
dc.subject BARRIOS
dc.subject PROJECTS
dc.subject PROJECT
dc.subject NEIGHBORHOODS
dc.subject TRAFFIC
dc.subject CRIMINAL ACTS
dc.subject OFFENDER
dc.subject CITIES
dc.subject ALCOHOL
dc.subject CORRUPTION
dc.subject CRIME
dc.subject CRIMINAL CODE
dc.subject HOMICIDES
dc.subject CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR
dc.subject HOMICIDE RATE
dc.subject COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
dc.subject PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject THEFT
dc.subject DRUG ABUSE
dc.subject ACCIDENT
dc.subject BLACKMAIL
dc.subject DRUG TRADE
dc.subject FIREARMS
dc.subject CYCLE OF VIOLENCE
dc.subject LABOR MARKET
dc.subject URBAN SOCIOLOGY
dc.subject CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
dc.subject VIOLENT CRIME
dc.subject TRAINING
dc.subject DRUG TRAFFICKING
dc.subject GUNS
dc.subject KIDNAPPING
dc.subject DRUG TRAFFICKERS
dc.subject INTERVENTION
dc.subject WEAPONS
dc.subject CRIME PREVENTION MEASURES
dc.subject LOCALITIES
dc.subject YOUTH CRIME
dc.subject PUBLIC SAFETY
dc.subject INHABITANTS
dc.subject VIOLENCE
dc.subject CRIME PREVENTION
dc.subject MARKETS
dc.subject GANGS
dc.subject RESIDENCY
dc.subject GUN
dc.subject MARIJUANA
dc.subject CRIME VICTIMS
dc.subject SUBURBS
dc.subject TEMPORARY HOUSING
dc.subject PRISON
dc.subject WEAPON
dc.subject INJURY
dc.subject SELLING DRUGS
dc.subject GANG
dc.subject NARCOTICS
dc.subject DESIGN
dc.subject HOMICIDE
dc.subject SHOOTINGS
dc.subject DRINKING
dc.subject SOCIAL CONTEXT
dc.subject SMUGGLERS
dc.subject PLANTATIONS
dc.subject PARTICIPATION
dc.subject DESCRIPTION
dc.subject CRIMES
dc.subject GENDER
dc.subject LEVELS OF CRIME
dc.subject HOMES
dc.subject OCCUPATIONS
dc.subject SLUM
dc.subject MURDER
dc.subject VICTIMS
dc.subject VICTIM
dc.subject URBAN AREAS
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD
dc.subject COCAINE
dc.subject OFFENDERS
dc.subject YOUTH
dc.subject SOCIAL NETWORKS
dc.subject MARKET
dc.subject DELINQUENCY
dc.subject CRIMINAL JUSTICE
dc.subject COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
dc.subject MURDERS
dc.subject BARRIO
dc.subject HOMICIDE RATES
dc.subject PERPETRATORS
dc.subject ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject SLUMS
dc.subject CRIMINALS
dc.subject CRIME NETWORKS
dc.subject HIGH CRIME
dc.subject THEFTS
dc.subject ALCOHOLIC
dc.subject SECURITY
dc.subject CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
dc.subject RESIDENTIAL AREAS
dc.subject CRIME RATES
dc.subject FIREARM
dc.subject HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject ACCIDENTS
dc.subject EQUALITY
dc.subject FAVELA
dc.subject POVERTY
dc.subject ADDICTION
dc.subject DEPORTATION
dc.subject OFFENSE
dc.subject CRIME RATE
dc.subject COMMUNITY GROUPS
dc.subject SOCIAL COHESION
dc.subject DRUG
dc.subject ASSAULTS
dc.subject FACILITIES
dc.subject PERPETRATOR
dc.subject NARCOTICS CONTROL
dc.subject HOUSES
dc.subject INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject TRAFFICKING
dc.subject COMMUNITY
dc.subject ENGINEER
dc.subject SOCIAL PROBLEMS
dc.subject SOCIAL CHANGE
dc.subject COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
dc.subject NATIVES
dc.subject YOUTH VIOLENCE
dc.subject ORGANIZED CRIME
dc.subject SAFETY
dc.subject FEMALE
dc.subject LEVEL OF CRIME
dc.subject ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION
dc.subject SERVICE
dc.subject CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES
dc.subject GANG MEMBERS
dc.subject URBAN STUDIES
dc.title Crime, Violence, and Community-Based Prevention in Honduras en
dc.type Report en
dc.type Rapport fr
dc.type Informe es
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.date.disclosure 2015-07-03
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Working Paper
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24746742/crime-violence-community-based-prevention-honduras-research-report
okr.globalpractice Governance
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 090224b082fdd10f_2_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 24746742
okr.identifier.report 97642
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2015/07/08/090224b082fdd10f/2_0/Rendered/PDF/Crime00violenc0as000research0report.pdf en
okr.region.country Honduras
okr.topic Public Sector Corruption Anticorruption Measures
okr.topic Public Sector Development
okr.topic Communities and Human Settlements :: Housing & Human Habitats
okr.topic Health, Nutrition and Population :: Health Monitoring & Evaluation
okr.topic Social Development :: Crime and Society
okr.topic Social Development :: Social Conflict and Violence
okr.unit Governance - GP (GGODR)
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