Dear Ana!

What a great project - I would love to know what you find.

I think a particularly interesting test-case must be Costa Rica because of its de-militarization.

Ada

Dear Ada,

Thanks for the suggestion, actually I am focusing on Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and I am using Medellin, Colombia as a case study. For sure I'll share my findings.

Best, Ana

Dear Ana

Could you explain how these two communities were chosen?

Ada

I can think of a friend of mine in Brazil who is familiar with this topic: Carla Cipolla (you can find her through Researchgate). You might also want to look at the cases of CEPTED.

Dear Ana

The area you are trying t o focus is interesting and results shall be of great utility in resolving issues of urban violence which are mounting high.

I am waiting to read fascinating results. The area of study seems new to me.

Michael

You might take a look at Jared Diamond's "The World Until Yesterday" and Steven Pinker's "The Better Angels of our Nature: Why Violence has Declined." Both are top scientists and genius award winners. While the take somewhat different approaches, both credit aspects of urbanization with our reduction in violence. 

Dear Ada,

I choose Medellin due to the outstanding transformation it has been through; it was the most dangerous city in the world in the 90's and after adopting a social urbanism perspective in their urban agenda they managed to gradually decrease violence.

Ciudad Juárez is my hometown and it lived the same violent past 6 years ago. 

Therefore I will like to explore how through initiatives that foster social inclusion the decrease of violence is achieved.

Ana

Two interesting papers:

Coproduced game-changing in transformative social innovation: reconnecting the “broken city” of Rio de Janeiro by Carla Cipolla et al.

https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol22/iss3/art3/

Social Networks and Gang Violence Reduction, Annual Review of Law and Social Science

Vol. 13:373-393 (Volume publication date October 2017)

https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-110615-085017