Colombia's Hydra: the many faces of gun violence Small Arms Survey The Small Arms Survey study finds that while there is considerable heterogeneity in the nature of homicides over time and space in Colombia, there is a strong contributing factor: firearms.

The call for tough arms controls - Voices from Haiti IANSA The Control Arms campaign carried out several interviews in Haiti in November 2005 and records here the voices of at least some of the people who bear the cost of the world’s continuing failure to control the arms trade.

"They come in shooting": Policing socially excluded communities Amnesty International This report describes how socially excluded communities are trapped between the high levels of violent crime perpetrated by criminal gangs and drug factions on the one side and the repression, human rights violations and discrimination by the police forces, meant to provide them with protection, on the other.

The State of the World´s Children 2006 – Excluded and Invisible Unicef The report assesses global efforts to realize the MDGs, the central development targets of the agenda, and demonstrates the marked impact that their achievement would have on children’s lives and future generations.

Young Offenders Research - A review of the educational experiences of young people at risk of (re)offending London West LSC This summary presents findings from desk research looking at the number and location of young people who have offended in West London as well as findings from interviews with 60 young people in West London, both in custody and in the community and interviews with a number of relevant stakeholders.

Young Neglected and Back The Howard League for Penal Reform This paper examines the specific needs of young adult men in prison. Focus and direction on young adults has largely been absent from recent developments within the criminal justice system.

In the Dark: Hidden Abuses Against Detained Youths in Rio de Janeiro Human Rights Watch The 50-page report documents routine physical abuse, squalid living conditions and other forms of inhumane treatment in the state's youth detention centers. The report finds that these abuses persist in large part because there is no effective independent monitoring of the state's juvenile detention centers.

Juvenile Justice Bulletin 2004 OJJDP The authors of this Bulletin draw on these and other key findings derived from data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Incident to develop a statistical profile of juvenile crime.

An Economic Analysis of a Drug-Selling Gangs Finances Steven D. Levitt and Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh We analyze a unique data set detailing the financial activities of a drug-selling street gang on a monthly basis over a four year period. The data contain detailed information on both the sources of the revenues and expenditures.

Voices From The Field: Local initiatives and new research on central american youth gang violence WOLA On February 23, 2005, more than 275 people came together at the PAHO in Washington, DC to hear a series of speakers addressing the issue of Central American youth gang violence.