Summary Background Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is one of the most urbanized
and violent regions worldwide. Homicides in youth (15–24 years old, yo) and young adults …

Homicide rates have been increasing worldwide, especially in Latin America, where it is
considered one of the most lethal of the continents. Despite that, the occurrence of …

Providing an enabling nurturing care environment for early childhood development (ECD)
that cuts across the five domains of the Nurturing Care Framework (ie, good health …

Objectives To analyse spatial–temporal changes and spatial association of homicide rates
with violence, sociodemographic, public security and human rights indicators in Brazilian …

The aim was to analyze the relations between homicidal violence, human development,
inequality, population size, and urbanization rates in Brazilian municipalities. This is a …

Let a population be composed of members of a criminal organization and judges of the
judicial system, in which the judges can be co-opted by this organization. In this article, a …

O Brasil é um país marcado por forte desigualdade socioeconômica entre as regiões, que,
por sua vez, se traduz em diferenciais regionais de mortalidade. Para um bom …

Introdução: A violência no Brasil é um problema complexo e multifacetado, afetando
diversas regiões e grupos sociais de maneira desigual. Entre os diferentes tipos de …

Brazil has a high rate of homicide, whose increase in recent years seems to be closely
related to the expansion of the illegal drug market. This study aims to analyze the role that …

The aim of this study was to detect significant temporal, spatial, and space–time patterns in
homicide incidents in Tehran, Iran. Tehran is one of the cities with the highest rates of violent …