Rationale Intergenerational trauma refers to emotional and psychological wounding that is
transmitted across generations. Latinxs—individuals who have migrated from Latin America …

Los pobres urbanos, en sus frecuentes encuentros con políticos, burócratas y funcionarios,
aprenden a ser pacientes del estado. En forma recurrente se ven obligados a seguir los …

This book examines security in three cities that suffer from chronic violence: Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil; Medellin, Colombia; and Kingston, Jamaica. In each, democratic states contend with …

In this review of violence in Latin America, I have attempted to organize the region's
scholarly literature around the most influential and leading research issues. Three main …

Democratization studies became a sub-field of political science/international relations only
very gradually. Despite the rich pool of data generated by the early 'third wave'transitions in …

Over two decades have passed since the 'third wave'of democratization began to roll across
sub-Saharan Africa in the early 1990s. The introduction to this collection provides an overall …

Arquitecto Tucci, a neighborhood in Buenos Aires, is a place where crushing poverty and
violent crime are everyday realities. Homicides—often involving young people—continue to …

The threat of continued violence is a primary concern in post-conflict societies. This article
contributes to the literature on post-conflict violence by analyzing a specific phenomenon …

Why do individuals or groups support vigilantism as a means of conflict resolution? Most
researchers tend to agree that support for and participation in vigilantism occurs in “stateless …

Most explanations of the high levels of violence in Latin America and the Caribbean have
focused on economic factors, cultural variables, and drug wars. In this article, I argue that it is …