The Huffington Post – Rio de Janeiro´s famously laid-back residents are in a state of panic. A string of high profile knifings in well-heeled areas of the city are putting Cariocas on edge.

The sheer pace and scale of urbanization is precipitating one of the most dramatic demographic shifts in human history. More than half of the world’s population now resides in cities

This report considers how citizen security have been operationalised across Latin America, assembling more than 1,300 citizen interventions across the region since the late 1990s.

This edited volume provides a critical overview of the new stabilization agenda in international relations.

Igarapé Institute releases new report with IPI and USAID on using information communication technologies to prevent violence in Latin America.

This Article debates new ways to face the violence problem cause by the drug traffic in Central America and Caribe.

This report aims to generate more understanding of what works and what does not when it comes to armed violence reduction and prevention (AVRP), to stimulate further evaluation and to contribute to more effective and efficient policies and programmes.