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In the Media
Ruth Dreifuss, former president of Switzerland and member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy is...
Honduras, El Salvador, Venezuela and Brazil earn unwanted distinction but homicides are concentrated...
Igarapé Institute launches the Homicide Monitor, a digital application that reveals that just a small...
"Strong gun laws are not equivalent to taking guns away from citizens", says newest p-ed written by Rob...
Correio Braziliense - Ruth Dreifuss, da Comissão Global de Políticas sobre Drogas, defende em evento...
Comissão a ser instalada nesta terça discutirá como facilitar porte de arma. Proposta prevê que quem...
A cientista social diz que o projeto das UPPs não é solução para todos os males, mas deu início à construção...
While not welcomed by everyone, new technologies such as cop cams are coming. Many of the U.S.’s largest...
Por Vera Araújo Foram encontrados 41 fuzis , contra 20 achados no mesmo mês de 2014. Total de pistolas...
Publicação do Instituto Igarapé mostra que políticas de drogas inovadoras já vêm sendo adotadas, embora...
Ilona Szabó shares four lessons to change the world based on her experience in two transforming social...
By reducing the number of legal and illegal guns in circulation, amnesties decrease the likelihood of...
A ativista de segurança pública Ilona Szabó foi selecionada, junto com mais três brasileiros, para a...
O Globo - “Reduzir significativamente todas as formas de violência e as taxas de mortalidade relacionadas”...
A report on Brazil's security technology "Smart Policing", an open-source app for monitoring police developed...
Security researcher Robert Muggah turns our attention toward "fragile cities". He shows us the four big...
Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro have joined hands in trying out a new policing system. The famous cities...
México se ha convertido en el paraíso del tráfico de armas para los grupos criminales, según denuncian...
Normally, Rio is numb to violence. Each year, the number of homicides in the city of 12 million people...
The special collection - Citizen Security Dialogues: Dispatches from Mexico - features original research...
O que está por trás da relação entre o Brasil e a África? O Itamaraty defende tratar-se de um projeto...
In the wake of recent cases of police violence in the United States, a national conversation has started...
Robert Muggah, research director at the Igarapé Institute, was selected by Ericsson as one of 60 winners...
[In Portugues] It is possible to make Brazil safer? Specialists say it is and share effective iniatives...
Vishva Samani reports on how smart policing in Brazil keeps a check on the police
The use of digital technology for violence prevention in Kenya's capital still find barriers, but there...
News in Jornal do Rio (Band) about Child Security Index (CSI) developed by Igarapé Institute
The Child Security Index (CSI) is an application which measures urban violence by the perspective of...
Instituto Igarapé foi a única instituição da América do Sul entre as dez vencedoras da premiação RIO...
This Strategic Paper represents the most exhaustive treatment to date of the changing landscapes of international...
The digital economy has been a key driver of change in Rio de Janeiro, extending power to those living...
This Strategic Note analyses the introduction of new technologies and the strategy of police pacification...
The world has entered its urban age. More than half of the globe’s population currently resides in cities...
Robert Muggah, research director at the Igarapé Institute, talks about the Smart Policing project
A report about the black blocs rise in Brazil, focused specifically on their use of social networks.
This Strategic Paper offers an overview of the scope and scale of organized crime in Latin America and...
The Atlantic - There's a war brewing in Central America
Open Democracy - It will be decided in these new types of situations that are neither war nor peace,...
Crime and victimization are amongst the most pressing concerns cited by Haitian citizens today. Surveys...
Random household surveys conducted on a monthly basis between August 2011 and February 2012 indicate...
This concept note parses out emerging "southern-effect" and some of its wider implications for engagement...