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Publications and Resources  August 27, 2009As the title indicates, this report identifies elements to successful anti-gang strategies and programs by highlighting the work of six gang prevention and intervention programs in the United States and the Central American region. WOLA concludes that the most effective responses to gang violence requires a comprehensive approach that includes prevention programs that help young people in difficult situations ...  June 25, 2009This report paints a portrait of the police in Central America today. It draws on interviews conducted by in-country experts with government officials, current and former police, representatives of international aid agencies, and civil society leaders in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Download  January 6, 2009The Center for Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture and their Families (CPTR) in Honduras recently released the following study of arbitrary detentions by Honduran police.  January 2, 2009The data and statistics of violence in Honduras are shocking, every three and a half hours a Honduran is murdered, ranking Honduras as one of the three most violent countries in Central America. Honduras’ rate of 42 homicides per 100,000 easily surpasses the estimations made by the Pan American Health Organization for the region of 18 homicides per 100,000. Download  October 30, 2008Pierre Frühling, development expert with extensive diplomatic and consulting experience in Central America, has recently released a report entitled: Violence, Judicial Corruption, and Fragile Democracies: Reflections on the current situation in Central America. It is currently available through its Guatemalan publisher, F&G Editores.  October 16, 2008We, the undersigned non-governmental organizations, are pleased to have been invited to participate as observers to the First Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas. With this in mind, we recognize the importance that in the preparation of this first meeting a space for consultation was...  May 29, 2008This WOLA resource guide offers attorneys, immigrant activists, policymakers and human rights workers the facts they need to understand the complicated and nuanced phenomenon of gangs in Central America and gang-related asylum cases. Download  May 9, 2008This brief from The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice considers the question of how to respond most effectively to gang-related youth crime and delinquency. February 7, 2008The International Human Rights Clinic of the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School produced this report regarding Gang, State and Clandestine Violence in El Salvador. Download August 3, 2007The Congressional Research Service (CRS) releases a new report on youth gangs in Central America. July 19, 2007"Gang Wars: The Failure of Enforcement Tactics and the Need for Effective Public Safety Strategies", is a newly-released report from the Justice Policy Institute. Download June 15, 2007In June 2007, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the the Gang Abatement and Prevention Act of 2007, introduced by Sen. Feinstein (D-CA), in January of the same year.
In this testimony, WOLA comments on the need for a more comprehensive response to the problem comprising effective policing and prevention as opposed to largely punitive measures which have ...  June 8, 2007This May 2007 report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), analyzes the links between development and crime in Central America. The report finds that particular characteristics of the region including its, geography, demographics, and economic and social inequality all contribute to Central America's vulnerability to crime, which in turn, poses a formidable challenge to development in ... Download  May 7, 2007Paper by Caroline Moser and Bernice Van Bronkhorst, "Youth Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean: Costs, Causes and Interventions" Download  May 7, 2007A 2004 report from the Fundación de Estudios para la Aplicación del Derecho (FESPAD) on juvenile criminal justice in El Salvador.
Please Note: Only available in spanish  May 7, 2007The 2007 Congressional Research Service report on Gangs in Central America and Mexico. Download | |
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