Violence has always been one of humanity’s most serious global challenges. This is because for most of history, we were natural born killers. Hundreds of millions of men, women and children have been killed or maimed by armed conflict, crime, extremism and sexual and gender-based violence.

Brazil is the world’s murder capital. No other country even comes close. That is why it was big news when the country’s minister of justice recently announced that homicide rates fell by over 20 percent in 2019 compared to the same period last year.

The absolute number, prevalence and lethality of terrorist incidents has decreased significantly around the world since its peak in 2014.

The objective of this study is to offer a data-driven review of the growth, trends, and the principle reasons behind the rapid expansion of the prison population in the region during the past two decades.

Brazilians have an uneasy but enduring co-existence with homicide. Over 1,060,000 of them have been murdered since 2000.

Gun makers and military industry companies from all over the world gathered in Rio de Janeiro for Latin America’s largest defense and security fair Tuesday, hoping to benefit from Brazil’s new far-right administration and President Jair Bolsonaro’s vow to loosen gun laws.

Brazil has an uneasy co-existence with homicide. At least 1,060,000 Brazilians have been murdered since 2000.

The stench of burning tires is hard to escape. Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, is again littered with smoldering barricades.

in a country plagued by rising levels of violent crime, the sentiment is widely popular with voters — and reflected in government policy

Global Post – A considerable proportion of illegally acquired firearms in Mexico were originally sold by federally licensed dealers in the US

The disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) of former combatants is a mainstay of the contemporary post-war peace agenda

India has reached the second largest number of homicides in the world, which policies should be applied in order to reverse these statistics?

Americas Quarterly – Economic growth alone won’t stem violent crime. But the right policies – and leadership – can make a difference

TeleSURtv – Brazil is suffering from an epidemic of gun violence, with more than 4,000 people killed this year in the state of Rio de Janeiro

BID – A vast array of public and private policies and programs are underway. Most of them can be categorized as “citizen security” interventions