El modelo Cure Violence: reducción de la violencia en San Pedro Sula (Honduras)
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San Pedro Sula, Honduras, tiroteos, homicidios, salud, Cure ViolenceResumen
Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals, nº 116
Cuatrimestral (mayo-septiembre 2017)
ISSN:1133-6595 | E-ISSN:2013-035X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24241/rcai.2017.116.2.179
Desarrollado en Estados Unidos, el modelo Cure Violence («Curar la Violencia») es un programa de control epidémico que reduce la violencia a través de cambios de normas y de comportamiento. Este artículo revisa, en primer lugar, la situación de violencia en Honduras y, en particular, en San Pedro Sula que, durante años, fue la ciudad con mayores tasas de homicidios del mundo. Para hacer frente a esta situación, en 2013 comenzó a implementarse en algunas zonas de la ciudad una adaptación del programa. Así, tras detallar la adaptación del modelo al contexto de la ciudad hondureña, se analizan sus resultados en dos períodos de 2014 y 2015 (frente a 2013 y 2014, respectivamente), entre los que destacan una reducción significativa de los tiroteos y una reducción menor en las cifras de homicidios.
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