JDI LAC Unit - Case studies

See some examples of our work in Latin America and the Caribbean

Brazil

• Examining spatial and temporal patterns of robbery in Rio de Janeiro, Dec 2016-ongoing (partner: Instituto de Segurança Pública; supported by UCL Global Engagement Funds)
• The concentration of homicide in Latin America, and the opportunities this creates for homicide reduction, December 2016-ongoing (partner: Instituto Igarapé)
• Promoting the use of crime analysis and crime mapping to the Military Police and Civil Police in Rio de Janeiro, May 2016 (partners: Instituto de Segurança Pública and Instituto Igarapé)
• Developing skills in evaluating crime reduction programmes, February 2015 (partners: Instituto de Estudos Comparados em Administracao Institucional de Conflitos - Universidade Federal de Fluminense; supported by UCL Santander Catalyst Fund)
• Predictive policing in Belo Horizonte, November 2013 (partner: CRISP - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; supported by UCL Santander Catalyst Fund). Published paper relating to activity.
• Bicycle theft and bicycle accident prevention in Rio de Janeiro, November 2013 (partner: Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Politicos - Universidade do Estado do Rio De Janeiro and Empresa Olimpica Municipal; supported by UCL Santander Catalyst Fund)
• Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis International Symposium, Brasilia, July 2009 (partners: Secretaria Nacional de Segurança Pública SENASP/MJ, Brasil Policia Federal, CRISP - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Secretaria de Segurança Pública/DF, Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública/FBSP)

Uruguay

• PADO (Programa de Alta Dedicación Operativa): examining its impact, range of impact, crime displacement, diffusion of benefit and cost-benefit, September - December 2016 (partners: Uruguay Ministerio del Interior, Policia Nacional de Uruguay, Inter-American Development Bank)
• Problem-oriented policing training, 2015-2016 (partners: Uruguay Ministerio del Interior, Policia Nacional de Uruguay, Inter-American Development Bank) POP Reference Guide developed in support of the training programme.

Argentina

• Semana de la Seguridad: security and justice in Latin America and the Caribbean, September 2016 (participation)

Mexico

• Examining the use of crime data and spatial crime analysis in Mexico City, planned May 2017 (partners: CIDE - Maestria en Administracion y Políticas Públicas; supported by UCL Santander Catalyst Fund)

Chile

• Collaboration workshops with researchers from the Center for Analysis and Modeling of Security CEAMOS, Santiago and London, 2015 (partners: CEAMOS - University of Chile; supported by UCL Santander Catalyst Fund)

Belize

• Belize Crime Observatory, 2015-2016 (partners: Belize Ministry of National Security, Belize National Police, Inter-American Development Bank)
• Towards the development of national Belize victimisation survey, 2016 (partners: Belize Ministry of National Security, Belize National Police, Inter-American Development Bank)