Pandillas, rumba, y actividad sexual: desmitificando la violencia juvenil
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In: Estudios de caso en políticas públicas 12
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In: Documento CEDE 96,06
In: Revista de Economía Institucional Vol 17, No. 33, segundo semestre de 2015
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In: URVIO: revista Latinoamericana de estudios de seguridad, Heft 4
ISSN: 1390-4299
<span>En este artículo se presentan resultados de encuestas de autorreporte de conductas, aplicadas a jóvenes entre 13 y 19 años en Centroamérica. Adicionalmente se contrastan las principales hipótesis sobre violencia juvenil en la región y se encuentra que la pobreza no es condición ni necesaria ni suficiente de vinculación de los jóvenes a las pandillas, que aparecen como agrupaciones que concentran e impulsan la violencia juvenil. Se argumenta que más que incentivos económicos la pandilla ofrece a los jóvenes la posibilidad de acumular poder e incrementar su actividad sexual. La violencia sexual que la pandilla ejerce contra las mujeres, en un entorno en extremo machista, aparece como detonante de la prostitución femenina. Cual proxenetas, las pandillas de barrio, más que las mafias internacionales de traficantes, usan, promueven y protegen la prostitución adolescente.</span>
In: Revista de Economía Institucional, Band 10, Heft 19
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In: Journal of drug issues: JDI, Band 35, Heft 1, S. 107-130
ISSN: 1945-1369
This paper studies the factors associated with the presence of guerrilla, paramilitary, and drug trafficking groups in the municipalities of Colombia. Statistical analysis shows three kinds of results. Some of these tend to corroborate explanations that are commonly accepted in Colombia, while others defy deeply rooted beliefs. As a result, some rather curious associations emerge. The availability of energy resources appears to be a crucial factor of attraction for guerrilla and paramilitary groups, but not for drug traffickers. The conflict also seems to affect both the municipalities' ability to impose taxes, as well as the latter's composition. Against conventional wisdom, drug traffickers appear to have the closest ties to the political sphere. This group shows the greatest capacity to influence civil society, has the most corrosive effect on elections, and exerts the greatest influence on the composition of municipal expenditures. A very popular explanation of violence in Colombia posits a strong and positive association between economic conditions, the so-called objective causes, and the armed conflict. The data does not support the arguments that poverty is responsible for it. In contrast, the data suggest that the age of the population, a purely demographic factor, is determinant. The effect of other social variables is more ambiguous. Curiously, the existence of communications infrastructure is the best indicator of the conflict's geography. The administrative disorganization in public expenditures also appears to be related to the influence of armed groups. However, on an almost anecdotal level, an office for municipal planning is positively associated with the influence of drug trafficking.
In: Problèmes d'Amérique Latine, Heft 34, S. 89-107
ISSN: 0765-1333
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In: Revista de Estudios Sociales, Heft 1, S. 22-32
ISSN: 1900-5180
In: Coyuntura económica: publicación de la Fundación para la Educación Superior y el Desarrollo, Band 25, Heft 1, S. 101-125
ISSN: 0120-3576
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In: Handbook of Transnational Crime & Justice, S. 425-438
In: Revista de Estudios Sociales, Heft 3, S. 133-137
ISSN: 1900-5180
In: Metodo Working Paper
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In: International Journal of Psychology Research, Band 3, Heft 3
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