Interpersonal violence has become one of the main public health issues in Latin American cities. This article presents a framework for sociological interpretation that operates on three levels, expressed in the factors that originate, foment, or facilitate violence. Macro-social factors include: social inequality due to the increase in wealth versus poverty; the paradox of more schooling with fewer employment opportunities; increasing expectations and the impossibility of meeting them; changes in family structure; and loss of importance of religion in daily life. At the meso-social level the analysis highlights: increased density in poor areas and urban segregation; masculinity cult; and changes in the local drug market. The micro-social le...
Latin America is the region with the highest average homicide rates in the world (27.5 homicides per...
La violencia política que caracterizó a los regímenes autoritarios y los conflictos armados presente...
In this article the performance of violence in Río de Janeiro, and in general in Brazil, is analyzed...
El artículo procura mostrar que la situación de violencia que se presenta a inicios del Siglo XXI en...
From a review of recent reports as well as the most relevant publications that have emerged in recen...
RESUMEN: El artículo analiza la situación de la violencia homicida en América Latina, cuál es su ubi...
The article aimed to analyze the presence of Armed Violence (AV) in Latin America (LA), in vulnerabl...
The article aimed to analyze the presence of Armed Violence (AV) in Latin America (LA), in vulnerabl...
The article presents some remarks on violence in Latin America, using the theoretical heritage of th...
The article presents some remarks on violence in Latin America, using the theoretical heritage of th...
The article presents some remarks on violence in Latin America, using the theoretical heritage of th...
The article presents some remarks on violence in Latin America, using the theoretical heritage of th...
The following article presents the effects of social and economic variables on the increment of viol...
We are trying to present an emerging problem in urban societies in Latin America which is part of th...
This article analyses the impact of increasing and complex violence against women, asking whether ur...
Latin America is the region with the highest average homicide rates in the world (27.5 homicides per...
La violencia política que caracterizó a los regímenes autoritarios y los conflictos armados presente...
In this article the performance of violence in Río de Janeiro, and in general in Brazil, is analyzed...
El artículo procura mostrar que la situación de violencia que se presenta a inicios del Siglo XXI en...
From a review of recent reports as well as the most relevant publications that have emerged in recen...
RESUMEN: El artículo analiza la situación de la violencia homicida en América Latina, cuál es su ubi...
The article aimed to analyze the presence of Armed Violence (AV) in Latin America (LA), in vulnerabl...
The article aimed to analyze the presence of Armed Violence (AV) in Latin America (LA), in vulnerabl...
The article presents some remarks on violence in Latin America, using the theoretical heritage of th...
The article presents some remarks on violence in Latin America, using the theoretical heritage of th...
The article presents some remarks on violence in Latin America, using the theoretical heritage of th...
The article presents some remarks on violence in Latin America, using the theoretical heritage of th...
The following article presents the effects of social and economic variables on the increment of viol...
We are trying to present an emerging problem in urban societies in Latin America which is part of th...
This article analyses the impact of increasing and complex violence against women, asking whether ur...
Latin America is the region with the highest average homicide rates in the world (27.5 homicides per...
La violencia política que caracterizó a los regímenes autoritarios y los conflictos armados presente...
In this article the performance of violence in Río de Janeiro, and in general in Brazil, is analyzed...