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| dc.title | Belize City Community Gang Assessment |
| dc.contributor.author | Young, Michelle |
| dc.contributor.editor | King, Dana Michael |
| dc.contributor.orgunit | Institutional Capacity of the State Division |
| dc.coverage | Belize |
| dc.coverage | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| dc.coverage | The Caribbean |
| dc.date.available | 2019-09-05T00:00:00 |
| dc.date.issue | 2019-09-05T00:00:00 |
| dc.description.abstract | A new diagnosis of gang activity in Belize City, sponsored by the government of Belize and undertaken with the support of the Inter-American Development Bank, reveals issues of significant concern not only for Belize, but also for the Latin American and Caribbean region as a whole. Gang violence has dramatically increased with increased gang access to guns; the risk factors for gang involvement show broader and deeper risk exposure, expanding the pool of youth vulnerable to gang recruitment; and these developments have exposed the weaknesses of government responses to the gang problem, highlighting the need for a sustained and coordinated response across agencies. The assessment explores three years of violent crime incident reports; local demographic data; interviews with current and former gang members; interviews with key leaders and professionals who regularly interact with gang members; surveys of youth, community residents, and community leaders; surveys and focus groups with teachers, youth-serving professionals, and parents; and school performance data. It concludes with broad recommendations for future strategies and activities to reduce gang-related violence in Belize City. |
| dc.format.extent | 75 |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0001860 |
| dc.identifier.url | https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Belize_City_Community_Gang_Assessment_en.pdf |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.medium | Adobe PDF |
| dc.publisher | Inter-American Development Bank |
| dc.subject | Crime and Violence |
| dc.subject | Crime and Violence Prevention |
| dc.subject | Youth and Children |
| dc.subject | Citizen Security and Crime Prevention |
| dc.subject | Youth Violence |
| dc.subject.jelcode | N46 - Latin America • Caribbean |
| dc.type | Discussion Papers |
| idb.identifier.pubnumber | IDB-DP-00709 |
| idb.operation | BL-T1082 |