Crime and Violence

These papers identify the similarities and differences between crime and violence at the micro-level and the macro-level (civil wars). They also develop policy recommendations on how the incidence of violence crime might be reduced and its social impact mitigated.

Documents

The policy research working papers below are drawn from the World Bank's institutional archives. Each link opens a page with an abstract of the document and several download options. Choose the 'light-weight documents' option for easy download.

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