Over the last decade, organized criminal violence has reached unprecedented levels and
has caused as much violent death globally as direct armed conflict. Nonetheless, the study …

Gender is increasingly being used as a framework for analysis and program development
related to youth development and social development in general, and HIV/AIDS and conflict …

One of the first comparative reflections of its kind, this book examines the challenges that
young men face when trying to grow up in societies where violence is the norm. Barker, who …

This Campbell systematic review examines why the implementation of preventive
interventions to reduce youth involvement in gangs and gang crime may fail or succeed low …

Objectives This review aims to summarise evidence on the effectiveness of interventions to
prevent youth violence in Latin America. Methods A systematic search on 13 academic …

Millions of pounds of international development funds are invested annually in social
protection programmes to tackle poverty. Poverty is perpetuated by risk and vulnerability …

Objective. To describe the prevalence of recent physical, sexual, and emotional violence
against children 0–19 years of age in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) by age, sex …

Purpose–The aim of this paper is to help in understanding the relationship between the
construction of the male identity and how social violence may be “reproduced”(using the …

At the start of the twenty-first century, urban violence represents one of the most significant
challenges for development across much of the Global South. This essay introduces a new …

Patterns of future urban growth, combined with advances in the treatment of traditional
scourges of communicable diseases, will cause a shift in the burden of disease toward …