|
Article Excerpt
Guatemala is taking a different tack from its neighbors in the regional effort to control gang violence. Guatemala has witnessed the result of the Super Mano Dura policy that has stuffed the prisons in El Salvador, and the anti-gang law in Honduras that has led to death by fire for more than a hundred imprisoned gang members (see NotiCen, 2004-05-20), and found that approach wanting. Now the Comision Presidencial Coordinadora de la Politica del Ejecutivo en materia de Derechos Humanos (COPREDEH), the presidential commission on human rights, is ready to attack the problem at its the social, economic, and educational roots.
Guatemala's alternate direction is based on a different analysis of who the gang members are, and how they got to be that way. Emilio Goubaud, director of the Alianza para la Prevencion del Delito (APREDE) has said that the view of those affiliated with gangs presented in the mainstream media is far from accurate; "They don't rape, they don't kidnap, and they don't traffic in arms or drugs. They are born, grow, and develop in poverty and filth... 22 years of life is the ceiling in...
|
|
Looking for additional articles?
Search our database of over 3 million articles.
Looking for more in-depth information on this industry?
Search our complete database of Industry & Market reports by text, subject, publication
name or publication date.
About Goliath
Whether you're looking for sales prospects, competitive information, company
analysis or best practices in managing your organization,
Goliath can help you meet your business needs.
Our extensive business information databases empower business
professionals with both the breadth and depth of credible,
authoritative information they need to support their business
goals. Whether it be strategic planning, sales prospecting,
company research or defining management best practices -
Goliath is your leading source for accurate information.
|
|
