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Topic:Citizen Security
Crime, violence, and citizen insecurity challenge, if not threaten, democracies throughout the Western hemisphere. Organized crime has penetrated and corrupted public institutions in many countries, and citizens throughout the region cite crime, along with unemployment, as their principal concern. At the same time, Latin American countries have accumulated significant experience in reforming and modernizing police forces and implementing policies to combat crime and address its root causes. The Latin American Program sponsors comparative research on local, national, and international public policies to address citizen insecurity and related policies to strengthen institutions and the rule of law.
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Events
The Prevention of Youth Violence in Latin America: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges
Tuesday, October 27 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Veronica Zubillaga, Universidad Simon Bolivar; Jeannette Aguilar, IUDOP; Marcos Castillo, Grupo Ceiba; Adriana Beltrán, Washington Office on Latin America; Rebeca Pérez, Viva Rio; Alfredo Santillán, FLACSO-Ecuador; Claudia Ocampo, Municipio de Bogotá; Fernando Martínez, Centro de Estudios en Seguridad Ciudadana; Carlos Basombrío, Woodrow Wilson Center; Elizabeth Gozzer, Inter-American Coalition for the Prevention of Violence
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International Efforts to Combat Organized Crime
Friday, March 13 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Cynthia Arnson, Director, Latin American Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Luis Astorga, Researcher, Institute for Social Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico; Aldo Civico, Director, Center for International Conflict Resolution, Columbia University; Douglas Farah Senior Fellow, International Assessment and Strategy Center; Vanda Felbab-Brown, Fellow, Foreign Policy, Brookings Institution; Eric Olson, Senior Adviser, Security Initiative, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
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Offsite event: A Discussion with Frank Pearl, Colombia's High Counselor for Social and Economic Reintegration
Wednesday, February 25 2009, 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
This takes place at the Inter-American Dialogue, 1211 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C.
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Offsite event: Regional and Public Security Challenges in Central America
Thursday, February 12 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
*** This event takes place in Miami ***
Elaine White, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Ricardo Córdova, Fundaungo, El Salvador
Erick Vílchez, Secretaria General de la Integración Centroamericana
Jeanette Aguilar, Instituto Universitario de Opinión Pública, El Salvador
Carmen Rosa de León, IEPADES, Guatemala
Leticia Salomón, Centro de Documentación de Honduras
Juan Pablo Sarmiento, FIU
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New Directions for the Study of Citizen Security in Latin America
Monday, January 28 2008, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Jeannette Aguilar, Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Caña, El Salvador; Hugo Frühling, former Wilson Center Fellow (Chile); Carlos Basobrío, former Wilson Center Fellow (Peru); Lucía Dammert, Wilson Center Fellow (Chile).
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Cynthia Arnson,
Director
Andrew Selee,
Director, Mexico Institute
Paulo Sotero,
Director, Brazil Institute
Robert Donnelly,
Program Associate, Mexico Institute
José Raúl Perales,
Senior Program Associate
Nikki Nichols,
Program Assistant
Kate Putnam,
Program Assistant, Mexico Institute
Adam Stubits,
Program Associate
Leslie Bethell,
Senior Scholar, Brazil Institute
Joan Nelson,
Senior Scholar
Joseph S. Tulchin,
Senior Scholar
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Latin American Program
Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-3027
Email: lap@wilsoncenter.org
Tel: 202/691-4030
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