Latin America’s spike in violence is the result of systemic problems that have long gone unaddressed.
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More than being the social problem they are often made out to be, gangs are an indication of larger problems present in their societies.
The death of NFL great and Hollywood star Jim Brown renews questions about the role of modern-day athletes in political and social issues.
Violence affects entire communities, even law-abiding residents.
Since rap music emerged in mainstream culture in the late 1980s, politicians have derided its lyrics and imagery as violent. Over the years, rap has become an easy target to blame for violence.
The pressure of needing to be a model minority — successful, quiet, hardworking — can force people to internalize their mental anguish and ends up leaving gaps in our mental health services.
Findings show that in the face of marginalisation and social exclusion, youth in gangs think that they have no options except violence to prove that they are ‘real’ men in their communities.
A lethal turf war between drug traffickers has terrorized Buenaventura, Colombia for months. Now protesters are demanding the government’s help to protect people in this mostly Black city.
Luck and tenacity paid off for some 15,000 migrants who may now pursue their asylum cases in the US But nearly 42,000 cases filed from Mexico under a Trump-era rule were already rejected.
A study shows that some Cape Town gangsters choose to stand alone, preferring their independence to taking orders from a gang boss.
Gun violence has killed hundreds of Americans, including kids, this summer. There are proven ways to bring peace to city streets, says an expert in violence prevention – but someone has to pay for it.
Even after becoming an ‘ex’, former gang members must still negotiate gang associations and activities in the communities they remain in.
A researcher who fled crime-beset Mexico returns to interview the drug cartels behind so much of the violence, asking 33 ‘narcos’ everything about their lives, from birth to their latest murder.
Faced with cutbacks to youth services and limited opportunities, risk-taking behaviour can, for some, become highly alluring.
Trump officials plan to send asylum seekers from the US to El Salvador while their claims are processed. That would expose these vulnerable people to grave dangers, says a political violence expert.
At present South Africa is simply placing a potentially dangerous market into the hands of criminal syndicates and international traffickers.
Successes by the army and police on the Cape Flats will depend entirely on levels of cooperation established on an ad hoc basis.
The relationship between street slang used by young people and secret codes deployed by gang members is not always straightforward.
The law aimed at fighting gangs lacks the power to disrupt their activities.
Law enforcement’s historical tendency to treat crimes committed by white power groups as isolated incidents has allowed them to flourish.
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Professor of International Politics, Lancaster University
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Honorary research affiliate, Centre of Criminology, University of Cape Town
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