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The Culture of Fear and Control in Costa Rica (I):
Crime
Statistics and Law Enforcement
Huhn, Sebastian
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German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
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2009
The Costa Rican talk of
crime
is fundamentally based on the assumption that
crime
rates have increased significantly in … recent years and that there is today a vast and alarming amount of
crime
. On the basis of this assumption, fear of
crime
, the … call for the “iron fist,” and drastic law enforcement actions are continually increasing. While
crime
statistics are the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004969124
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The State of the World's Children 2012: Children in an Urban World
United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF
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eSocialSciences
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2012
The experience of childhood is increasingly urban. Over half the world’s people – including more than a billion children – now live in cities and towns. This report adds to the growing body of evidence and analysis, from UNICEF and partners, that scarcity and dispossession...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652074
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Supporting Youth at Risk: A Policy Toolkit for Middle-Income Countries
Cunningham, Wendy
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Cohan, Lorena M.
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Naudeau, Sophie
; …
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eSocialSciences
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World Bank
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2009
) early school leaving; iii) risky sexual behavior leading to early childbearing and HIV/AIDS; iv)
crime
and violence; v …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543087
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Contested Cornerstones of Nonviolent National Self-Perception in Costa Rica: A Historical Approach
Huhn, Sebastian
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German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
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2009
Crime
, violence, and insecurity are perceived as society’s biggest problems in contemporary Costa Rica. This degree of … the fundamental basis for the current talk of
crime
: the civil war, the abolition of the military, the proclamation of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004999579
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The Culture of Fear and Control in Costa Rica (II): The Talk of
Crime
and Social Changes
Huhn, Sebastian
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German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
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2009
The Costa Rican talk of
crime
is fundamentally based on the assumption that a formerly explicitly nonviolent nation has … been transformed into a battleground for social violence — that is, on the belief that an alarming “
crime
wave” is … occurring today while there was no
crime
at all in the past. On the basis of this assumption, the fear of
crime
and the call for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008459761
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Discourses on Violence in Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Nicaragua: Social Perceptions in Everyday Life
Huhn, Sebastian
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German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
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2008
Central America has the reputation of being a violent region with high
crime
rates, youth gangs, drug traffic, and … and
crime
. On the basis of essays written by secondary school students and interviews with citizens from all walks of life … in the three countries, the paper points out how elite arguments on violence and
crime
are translated into everyday life …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005688732
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A History of Nonviolence: Insecurity and the Normative Power of the Imagined in Costa Rica
Huhn, Sebastian
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German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
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2008
Crime
, violence, and insecurity are among the most important social topics in contemporary Costa Rica. These three … changed for the worse and that society is now threatened permanently. However,
crime
statistics do not support this perception …. The paper thus asks why violence and
crime
generate such huge fear in society. The thesis is that the Costa Rican national …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005497562
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Underground Gun Markets
Cook, Philip J.
;
Ludwig, Jens
;
Venkatesh, Sudhir A.
; …
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eSocialSciences
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2005
, robberies, arrests and confiscated
crime
guns. We find evidence of considerable frictions in the underground market for guns in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170190
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