Crime, violence, and insecurity are among the most important social topics in contemporary Costa Rica. These three …. The paper thus asks why violence and crime generate such huge fear in society. The thesis is that the Costa Rican national …

Crime, violence, and insecurity are perceived as society's biggest problems in contemporary Costa Rica. This degree of …

been transformed into a battleground for social violence - that is, on the belief that an alarming 'crime wave' is …

Crime, violence, and insecurity are among the most important social topics in contemporary Costa Rica. These three …. The paper thus asks why violence and crime generate such huge fear in society. The thesis is that the Costa Rican national …

Crime, violence, and insecurity are perceived as society’s biggest problems in contemporary Costa Rica. This degree of …

been transformed into a battleground for social violence — that is, on the belief that an alarming “crime wave” is …

social segregation. Focusing on Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, the paper analyzes the social perception of violence … in the three countries, the paper points out how elite arguments on violence and crime are translated into everyday life … hegemonic discourses on violence and crime in Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. Simultaneously, a majority of the …

contemporary Central American violence, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Nicaragua present important test cases, demonstrating the need … to differentiate the diagnosis. First, national discourses on violence differ from country to country, with varying … the mara paradigm, the perception of grand corruption, and gender-based violence tied to cross-national, national or sub …