The CopCast app, which was created by the Igarapé Institute in Brazil along with Google’s Jigsaw incubator, is open-source software that has a basic free version.
Feuding gangs and empty coffers are pushing up the murder rate
In Rio de Janeiro, where murder rates this year have soared to their highest levels in a decade, violence stalks even the youngest residents.
CopCast test’s in New Jersey on CBS This Morning,
July, 2017 Read the story of IMEF Magazine about the weapons flow and sales during Trump administration. The story has Igarapé’s research director Robert Muggah participation.
HuffPost July, 2017 Los homicidios no son el único problema que enfrenta el puerto guerrerense, uno de los municipios con mayor índice de criminalidad de todo México. No sólo los asesinatos se han convertido en un problema para Acapulco, considerado el municipio más peligroso del
La Nación Julho, 2017 O Rio de Janeiro continua lindo… Pero cada vez más peligroso. Cuando faltan pocos días para que empiecen las vacaciones de invierno, una ola de violencia ha dejado numerosos inocentes muertos y heridos por balas perdidas y ataques en la ciudad carioca.
USA Today June, 2017 The new system works like this: Officers download the CopCast app on a smartphone, and supervisors download a desktop version. Officers can strap the phone onto their chest and hit a button to start recording audio and video, which can be streamed
Bloomberg View – Data mapping offers cops the chance to leapfrog not just criminals, but a stodgy bureaucracy. By Mac Margolis June 9, 2017 Whenever violent crime gets out of hand in Rio de Janeiro, as it frequently has, the public glare has fallen on
Watch the debate “How to Make Latin America Safer”, made during the WEF LatAm Meeting 2017, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This marked the Instinto de Vida campaign launch; the debate gathered Ilona Szabó de Carvalho, Igarapé’s executive director, Patricia Bullrich, Minister of Security of Argentina,
Watch the interview with Igarapé’s research director Robert Muggah as part of the Forum on the Arms Trade “First 100 Days” series.
7 February, 2017 An expert panel share their thoughts on the social challenges for the region this year ‘Some of the richest people in the world are from Latin America’ Inequality is the key issue in Latin America, along with education. Some of the
World Economic Forum – Cities will not survive if they rely on preventive strategies alone. They must also invest in adaptation and mitigation
This Strategic Paper aims to discuss principles and practices for implementing body cameras for law enforcement in order to achieve better effectiveness.
The Mark News – Skyrocketing gang violence in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras is driving tens of thousands unaccompanied children on perilous journeys to the U.S. border
Valor Econômico – O crescimento acelerado nas últimas décadas tornou as cidades latinoamericanas frágeis do ponto de vista da urbanização
Americas Quarterly – Governments in the region should set specific targets to get a homicide epidemic under control
This publication gathers the results of surveys done in partnership with World Vision in 12 cities across Brazil, which revealed a host of other findings that may be of interest to policy makers, practitioners and child welfare specialists.
September, 2016 This article aims to identify the main impacts of drug law enforcement on policing. It points to five interrelated effects: 1) Suppression focused on minor offenses and the weakest links in the chain; 2) Arrest patterns often based on stereotypes that affect
Thomson Reuters Foundation News – A handful of cities are booming and rewiring international affairs, but many more are falling behind
World Economic Forum – The 9/11 attacks on New York City and Washington were devastating, including for dozens of countries
Foreign Affairs – The world has never been safer than it is right now. Most forms of violence have dropped precipitously
Ideas TED – Gun violence is a singularly American problem. But there’s a proven solution, says Robert Muggah, that needs support
Know Violence in Childhood – Mega events such as the Olympic Games and World Cup always leave mixed legacies
TED Blog – Before the 2016 Olympic Games, worries ran high that crime in Rio might affect the mega-event
With the Rio Olympics wrapping in just a few days, The Cipher Brief’s Kaitlin Lavinder spoke with Director of Research at the Rio-based Igarapé Institute, Robert Muggah
Devex – If the 20th century belonged to nation states, then the 21st will be owned by cities
A lot of people are fretting about the safety of the Summer Olympics. Zika fears have kept some athletes from competing in Rio de Janeiro. Then there’s the notoriously unsafe water in Guanabara Bay, an Olympic venue so filthy that some rowers and sailors are planning to wear protective gear.
The Guardian – Once in decline, killings by police in Rio de Janeiro are on the rise as the Olympic games approach
This Strategic Paper features the main results of the Childhood Security Index (CSI) application regarding participants from the Bola Pra Frente Institute, which is located in the Complexo do Muquiço and attends children and teenagers from neighborhoods such as Guadalupe, Deodoro and others in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone.
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