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Last updated / Ultima actualización: August, 2009

This section contains links and other references about democracy and security issues inluding crime; violence; policies, programs and reforms; conflict and conflict prevention for the countries in the Americas. The sources listed on this site are not contained in or owned by the Political Database of the Americas. They are references compiled from other sources.

Esta sección contiene enlaces y referencias sobre temas de democracia y seguridad incluyendo crimen; violencia; políticas, programas y reformas; conflictos internos y prevención de conflictos en los países que integran el continente americano. Las fuentes citadas en esta página no forman parte de los contenidos, ni pertenecen a la Base de Datos Políticos de las Américas. Las citas presentadas en esta sección son referencias compiladas de otras fuentes.

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Departamento de Seguridad Pública (Secretaría de Seguridad Multidimensional - Organización de los Estados Americanos)
"Army as Police? Correlates of Public Confidence in the Police, Justice System, and the Military: Mexico in Comparative Context". Prepared by John Bailey, Pablo Parás, and Dinorah Vargas for presentation at the seminar, "Desafíos de la Política Mexicana: Visiones desde el Barómetro de las Américas," held at CIDE, Mexico, D.F., January 28, 2011. This is a preliminary draft not to be cited or quoted without permission of the authors.
Primera Reunion en Materia de Seguridad Publica de las Americas
Mexico, D.F., 7 y 8 de octubre de 2008
- Compromiso por la Seguridad Publica en las Americas
- Report of the Chair of the Working Group to Prepare the First Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas
Conferencia Internacional "Seguridad y Democracia en las Américas: Mejorando la Gestión de la Seguridad Ciudadana"
Organizado por FLACSO-Chile, Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos de Georgetown University y la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA)
Santiago de Chile, 24 y 25 de Septiembre de 2007

FLACSO-Chile

Institucionalidad y Datos

Southern Cone

Andean Region

Central America and the Caribbean

OECD/Development Assistance Committee (DAC)
In 2004 OECD/Development Assistance Committee (DAC) issued a policy statement on Security System Reform and Governance, underlining the absolute centrality of a stable and secure environment as a prerequisite to advance common goals of poverty reduction and development, and on the corresponding need for effective and democratic reform of the security sector, including not only the military, but also the police, the judicial and legal systems, and other elements of the state and community that are charged with oversight of security forces, and to pursue a common approach to SSR.

Crime and Violence Prevention of the World Bank
In this section the World Bank offers a comparative study on "Crime and Violence in Latin America." The study estimates some of the costs derived from the growing rated of crime and violence for specific countries such as Colombia, El Salvador, Perú, Mexico and Brazil, as well as for major cities such as Cali, Lima, Ciudad de Mexico, Río de Janeiro y Sao Paulo. Through the Program of Urban Peace, the Bank's social development team is analyzing the causes of violence in poor communities in order to support the effort in reducing violence and understand the relation between violence and social capital. The team is also working on sub-national citizen security strategies through training and other forms of technical assistance. The Bank also offers municipalities and mayors, a guide with resources for urban crime and violence prevention.

Woodrow Wilson Center - Mexico Institute: Publications

Bailey, John. 2006. Corruption and Democratic Governability in Latin America: Issues of Types, Arenas, Perceptions, and Linkages.
Paper prepared for delivery at the 2006 Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 15 - 18, 2006.
Bailey, John. 2009. "Plan Colombia and the Merida Initiative: Policy Twins or Distant Cousins?".
Revised version of a paper presented at the Institut des Ameriques, VI Colloque International, "Politique etrangere dans les Ameriques: Entre crises et alliances," Paris, 21-22 Novembre 2008. University.
Dammert, Lucía. 2005. La construcción de ciudadanía como estrategia para el fomento de la convivencia y la seguridad. Coordinadora del Programa Seguridad y Ciudadanía. FLACSO, Chile
Texto de la Presentación para el Seminario Permanente sobre Violencia. El Salvador, septiembre 2005.
Seminar on "Security and Democratic Governability: Addressing Challenges in Latin America". Co-sponsored by Women in International Security and the Center for Latin American Studies at Georgetown Univeristy. March 15, 2005.
- Bouvier, Virginia M. 2005. Introductory Remarks on "Security and Democratic Governability: Addressing Challenges in Latin America Georgetown University, Washington DC.
- Ramacciotti, Beatriz M. 2005. Democracy and Multidimensional Security: The rising need for citizen security in Latin America Georgetown University, Washington DC.
Violencia y Seguridad Ciudadana - Banco InterAmericano de Desarrollo (BID)
Observatorio de Seguridad Ciudadana - Banco InterAmericano de Desarrollo (BID)

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