Authors:
Cristina Eguizábal, Matthew C. Ingram, Karise M. Curtis, Aaron Korthuis, Eric L. Olson, Nicholas Phillips
Editor:
Eric L. Olson
Latin American Program
CRIME AND VIOLENCE IN CENTRAL AMERICA’S NORTHERN TRIANGLE
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How U.S. Policy Responses are Helping, Hurting, and Can be Improved
 
CRIME AND VIOLENCE IN CENTRAL AMERICA’S NORTHERN TRIANGLE
How U.S. Policy Responses are Helping, Hurting, and Can be Improved
Authors:
Cristina Eguizábal, Matthew C. Ingram, Karise M. Curtis, Aaron Korthuis, Eric L. Olson, Nicholas Phillips
Editor:
Eric L. Olson
 
Available from:Latin America ProgramWoodrow Wilson International Center for ScholarsOne Woodrow Wilson Plaza1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington, DC 20004-3027www.wilsoncenter.org/lap© 2015 Woodrow Wilson International Center for ScholarsISBN: 978-1-938027-42-0
Cover Photos (Left to Right): After school program in Honduras, courtesy of Honduran Youth Alliance/Alianza Joven Honduras; U.S. Border Patrol Agent training Guatemalan Police, by Miguel Negronvia defenseimagery.mil (public domain); Mara Salvatrucha graffiti, by Flickr user Walking on Tracks (Creative Commons)
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