IAFF 6358 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Prison Reform
9 Sep 2016
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Casues: mass deportation from us, lack of info sharing, geography (connection between the u. s. and south america), drug trafficking (95% of us-bound cocaine comes from the. Northern triangle), lack of dependable law enforcement, impunity, weak government, lack of services including education, access to global (black) markets, unemployment, domestic violence and local treatment of women and children, corruption, legacy of civil wars. Problem: most initiatives to curb gang activity have been about punishing rather than preventing. We often gloss over the local treatment of women and children (e. g. domestic violence) that undercuts the society and feeds into the larger violence. Need: stronger rule of law, prison reform, basic services including education for all, capacity and resources to record accurately. 17,400 murders in the last year in the northern triangle (11% up from last year) Un has to use country numbers, so it is less reliable than independent sources. Over 50% of peace treaties fail in the first 2 years.
