During the last few decades, there has been a considerable increase in the level of violence
witnessed throughout the world. Violence has reached epidemic proportions and become …

I t is a little-noted fact that the world has recently undergone a momentous demographic
transition, whereby almost half of the world's population is now under the age 25, with the …

Violence has been a chronic feature of Latin American and Caribbean societies. It takes
many forms and has a wide range of social, political, and economic consequences …

This report examines the causes of youth violence, its impacts, and interventions that have
proved effective in addressing the needs of at-risk youth and reducing youth violence in …

El Salvador, as a country of the Northern Triangle, exhibits significantly higher rates of crime
and delinquency than the rest of the Latin American countries (World Bank 2011). Mass …

Objective To describe the components and development of the Early Prevention of Violence
Program in the city of Medellín, Colombia, and to evaluate the results of its first phase, three …

Latin America has long been a violence-prone continent. No other region of the world knows
higher homicide rates nor has such a variety of violence. Political violence, guerilla …

Violence prevention is a growing priority in the field of public health. Public health is a hybrid
enterprise, and scholarship in this field lies at the intersection of diverse scientific disciplines …

The gang phenomenon has been blamed for many violent criminal problems of the late
twentieth and early twenty-first centuries around the globe. As the Prime Minister of the …

Violence is a major threat to the welfare and prosperity of any society and is a particular area
of concern how violence-related events are increasing among children and adolescents. A …