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Prevention of crime in a Buenos Aires slum (Argentina). Integration and participation, analysis of community assumptions on prevention policies

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  • Inés María Mancini Universidad de San Martín
Vol. 27 No. 74 (2012): Violence in Latin American Neighborhoods

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to analyze the way in which people taking part in the Comunidades Vulnerables program work to prevent crime in a slum. In this way, this research reveals the action plan of this program in relation to the ties with community and the assumptions of this plan in relation to community cohesion and its relation with crime prevention. The results of this research demonstrate that public policies are based on the assumption that young people should improve their position within community relationships to stop being in “conflict with law”. This may imply the further development of existing links or the generation of new ties. This paper shows how these assumptions clash with certain practices of actors, especially when daily relationships demonstrate that community links can also be affected by conflicts.

Author Biography

Inés María Mancini, Universidad de San Martín

BA in Sociology (Universidad de Buenos Aires), MBAin Social Anthropology (ECLAC Argentina). Doctorate studentin social anthropology, Instituto de Altos Estudios Sociales, Universidad de San Martín (IDAES/UNSAM). IDAES/UNSAMfellow.

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Mancini, I. M. (2012). Prevention of crime in a Buenos Aires slum (Argentina). Integration and participation, analysis of community assumptions on prevention policies. Revista INVI, 27(74), 315–341. Retrieved from https://revistas.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/article/view/62407
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