Posts Tagged ‘crime’
 

 

Was Violent Crime Reduced Unintentionally?

Crime, particularly in its most violent form, is perhaps the most political of topics. Few issues can spark more lively debates than policing and imprisonment, punishment and rehabilitation. At any given election all parties wi...
by Daniel Cavanillas
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Has The Gang Truce In El Salvador Failed?

Violent drug gangs have been confronting El Salvador with an enormous internal security problem for more than two decades; inhibiting development and prolonging poverty and structural violence. If one considers the 1992 peace a...
by Lea Atzinger
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International Political Forum

Colombia’s new cartel?

Colombia has long been known for its drug cartels; and many an article has been scribed in response to this not-so-secret trade that has been (and is still) sweeping the country. What Colombia is not known for is its testigo tr...
 

 

Understanding Gangsterism: In Conversation With A Junky Funky…

Parkwood is one of the “coloured communities” in Western Cape that Oasis works at. Part of our job in the area is to outreach to the community members in an attempt to understand their needs and their issues so that...
by Catarina Santos
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International Political Forum

The ‘Invisible’ Scar, Crime

I wrote a Facebook update asking my friends to share on what to do in the event of rape. And, Moraa Osoro a pal wrote in caps: REPORT. REPORT. REPORT. Adding, “If it is not reported, it never happened.” The last bit was p...
by Eunice Kilonzo
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The Developing Crime Network of Social Media

Social media and the internet is undoubtedly a huge part of everyday life in the 21st century. Anyone who shuts themselves away from these incredible technologies of the modern world are already experiencing the drawbacks and d...
by Priyanka Mogul
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Hooked on the War on Drugs

For thirty years, the global cocaine empire was controlled from the heart of Colombia’s streets. Led by the so-called “Kings of Cocaine”, the most notorious drug cartels in history dominated every level of the country’s...
by Jenny Morton
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A victory for women’s rights in El Salvador

El Salvador has been making several headlines for their harsh anti-abortion laws with imprisonments of women suffering miscarriages. However, it looks like the small Central American country has arrived at a turning point. On J...
by Isabela Vrba
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