Robert Muggah contributed to the annual Global Risks Report.

Despite numerous attempts to decrease homicides in the Latin American region, high homicide levels have persisted.

Is it possible for societies to reduce crime without creating or exacerbating adversarial relationships between the police and citizens?

Louise Marie Hurel contributed with a chapter on cyber-security governance in Brazil.

Robert Muggah and Katherine Aguirre contributed with a chapter for The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Latin America.

This study considers the trajectories of armed conflict in a ‘business-as-usual’ scenario between 2020-2030.

Most countries have actually experienced sustained declines in homicidal violence across several decades. Notwithstanding the disruptive effects of COVID-19 and associated economic stresses in 2020, these trends are expected to continue in several parts of the world.

This Handbook offers a comprehensive examination of the peace, security, and development nexus from a global perspective, and investigates the interfaces of these issues in a context characterised by many new challenges.

Strategic Notes on Third Generation Gangs builds upon the third generation street gang (3Gen Gang) theory first articulated in a series of papers by John P. Sullivan in 1997

This article explores two basic questions: (1) What are the cyberthreats facing cities and their residents; and (2) How can cities and city networks work to improve their digital safety? These may be among the most significant – if under-appreciated – questions facing cities in the 21st century.