Countering Militarised Public Security in Latin America: Lessons from Nicaragua
Facing a myriad of public security challenges that have provoked some of the highest indices of crime and violence in the world, authorities in Central America have followed a variety of different...
View ArticleSelf-Defense? Mexico Gambles on Vigilante Security
A new alliance between the Mexican security forces and citizen ‘self-defence’ groups in Michoacán state has brought some short term success in the fight against the Knights Templar cartel. But what...
View ArticleThe Costs of Security Sector Reform: Questions of Affordability and Purpose
In considering security sector reform, questions of affordability have often been subordinated to questions of effectiveness and expediency. A recent series of reviews of security expenditures by the...
View ArticleSecurity Sector Roles in Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Democratic Republic of Congo’s sexual violence epidemic is not only a weapon of ongoing violent conflict but an expression of entrenched systemic problems. Indeed, sexual and gender-based violence...
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