The holistic transformative street-street gang intervention impact and its association with homicide rates in Cali, Colombia.

Abstract Cali is one of the cities in Colombia and Latin America with the highest rate of homicides, with around one third of homicides being attributed to street gang-related violence. In 2016, the Mayor's office from Santiago the Cali - Colombia, the Police Department and the Cisalva institut...

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Main Authors: Gutiérrez Martínez, María Isabel, Valencia Galvis, Rubén Darío, Santaella-Tenorio, Julian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Homicides
youth
social prophylaxis
crime prevention
(source: Tesauro de Política Criminal Latinoamericana [Thesaurus of Latin American Criminal Policy] - ILANUD)
Street gang-related homicides
Street gang transformation
Street gang intervention
Street gangs
(source: author)
Homicidios
juventud
profilaxis social
prevención del delito (fuente: Tesauro de Política Criminal Latinoamericana - ILANUD)
Homicidios relacionados con pandillas
transformación de pandillas
intervención de pandillas
pandillas (fuente: autor)
Homicídios
juventude
profilaxia social
prevenção do crime (fonte: Tesauro de Política Criminal Latino-americana - ILANUD)
Homicídios relacionados a gangues
transformação de gangues
intervenção de gangues
gangues (fonte: autor)
Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=7825870
Source:Criminalidad, ISSN 1794-3108, Vol. 62, Nº. 3, 2020, pags. 39-48
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The holistic transformative street-street gang intervention impact and its association with homicide rates in Cali, Colombia.
Summary: Abstract Cali is one of the cities in Colombia and Latin America with the highest rate of homicides, with around one third of homicides being attributed to street gang-related violence. In 2016, the Mayor's office from Santiago the Cali - Colombia, the Police Department and the Cisalva institute from Universidad del Valle worked together to develop an holistic intervention, "TIP -Youth without frontiers", to reduce street gang-related violence in Cali's communes. The intervention comprised six components focusing on developing personal/emotional skills, improving access to health and other public services, reducing substance use, connecting youth with employment and educational opportunities, promoting participation in sports and recreational activities, and improving the restitution of citizen rights to street gang members. This study aimed to describe the characteristics and implementation of this transformative street gang program and to describe changes in street gang-related homicides that could be associated with the implementation of this program. The program started contacting street gangs in January 2016, recruiting the first street gang members in August 2016. As of December 2018, 2.107 youth (from 84 Police identified street gangs) have participated in the program. A reduction in street gang-related homicides was observed in Cali's communes from 2015 to 2018. In intervened communes these homicides decreased on average by 80%, suggesting that the program could have contributed to the reduction of street gang-related violent behavior in these areas.

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