Areas

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They correspond to the first level of aggregation of the Evidence Bank, and have been defined taking into account two main criteria:
. To ensure the representativeness of the areas and sectors that are usually mobilized in the organization and implementation of public security and justice policies;

and Enunciate a multidimensional perspective that, beyond the control policies traditionally implemented by the police forces, also encompasses issues related to a preventive approach capable of addressing the multidisciplinary and multifactorial nature of the determinants of insecurity, crime, violence and disorder.

Solution Types

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Category that brings together a set of initiatives, practices or types of interventions that share the same strategic focus ("what" they intend to do and/or problems they intend to solve or mitigate) and the same forms of action and approach ("how" they intend to address problems and advance their purposes).

Evaluated Cases

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Definition

These are examples of practical application of each type of solution included in the platform. They correspond, in general, to specific initiatives or programs through which a set of activities are implemented, developed and executed in an articulated manner, seeking to mobilize a set of resources (physical, human, financial or technological) in favor of the realization of a common objective and purpose and the achievement of a set of clearly identified and specified results.

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Youth Violence Prevention

Comprises initiatives aimed at developing skills and abilities that reduce the exposure of children, adolescents, and youth to certain risk factors while strengthening certain protective factors so as to reduce the likelihood of those individuals’ victimization and/or participation in criminal activities.

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Prevention of Violence against Women

Includes initiatives aimed at mitigating risk factors and enhancing protective factors that are relevant to reducing the incidence of gender-based violence perpetrated against women, taking into consideration the individual, relational, community, and social levels.

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Urban Security

It contemplates actions and interventions aimed at making it more difficult for crimes to be committed by making criminal activity more risky and less advantageous. It advocates preventive action focused on reducing attractive opportunities and neutralizing environmental and situational factors that increase the risk of crime, violence and disorder.

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Policing

Comprises programs aimed at utilizing police and administrative police power with the purpose of guaranteeing the maintenance of order and law enforcement, as well as prevention, control, deterrence, and timely response to incidents related to the incidence of crime, violence, and disorder.

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Criminal Justice

Encompasses initiatives focused on increasing the levels of efficiency, effectiveness, and equity of the systems and methods of detection, prosecution, sentencing, and enforcement adopted within the judicial system.

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Social Reintegration

Encompasses programs aimed at reducing recidivism and improving the social rehabilitation capacity of penitentiary, social, and educational assistance services.

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