In 2011, Honduras had the highest homicide rate in the world at 86.5 per 100,000 inhabitants (UNAH 2025). Criminal groups and forms of criminal governance were entrenched in certain geographical areas (“pockets”), and public institutions were exposed to “sustained high fragility” (OECD 2025). In 2011, the IDB began supporting Honduras' citizen security agenda and National … [Read more...] about How Honduras Has Reduced Criminal Violence
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Empowering communities helps reducing crime in Trinidad and Tobago
By Dana King* Trinidad and Tobago shows how working with the community is the best weapon to fight crime. Betheem Gardens is a low-income neighborhood and crime “hotspot” that sits on the outskirts of Port of Spain and runs alongside the East/West corridor highway and Trinidad’s largest landfill. For those that live in this community, the stigma associated with the … [Read more...] about Empowering communities helps reducing crime in Trinidad and Tobago