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Countering Militarised Public Security in Latin America: Lessons from Nicaragua
Facing a myriad of public security challenges that have provoked some of the highest indices of crime and violence in the world, authorities in Central America have followed a variety of different...
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Militarised Public Security in Latin America in Venezuela
Across Latin America, governments are sending their militaries into the streets to act as de facto police forces in the face of disproportionally high crime and violence rates. This trend has been...
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The Costs of Security Sector Reform: Questions of Affordability and Purpose
In considering security sector reform, questions of affordability have often been subordinated to questions of effectiveness and expediency. A recent series of reviews of security expenditures by the...
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Belize: challenges and contradictions in gang policy
Like its neighbours in the northern triangle (El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala), Belize has a high murder rate that is closely connected to the strong presence of gangs. But the character of gang...
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El Salvador’s gang truce: a lost opportunity?
The truce declared in 2012 may have been imperfect and controversial but positive lessons must be learned amid the country’s current crisis of violence.
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