Abstract

DAVILA, Luis Felipe. Urban violence, conflict and crime in Medellin: a review of academic publications on this matter. Rev. Crim. [online]. 2016, vol.58, n.2, pp.107-121. ISSN 1794-3108.

The objective consists of reviewing the bibliography of studies made about urban violence, conflict and crime in the city of Medellin. Method: A careful search and selection of researches having explored these areas was made both in books, journals, academic articles and reports. They were approached in a qualitative manner and with emphasis on academic production between years 2000 and 2015. The trend of researches and their interpretations dealing with the decline of homicide cases in the city are described, as well as some relevant factors emerging from these studies ike, for example, conceptual approach, methodological perspective, explanatory factors for urban violence, modalities and indicators, armed actors, urban violence dynamics, and the impacts of violence on society. Result: A paradoxical situation is exposed: while homicide has declined in the past 25 years, the academic production exhibits significant growth in both quantity and quality aspects. Besides, works addressing in depth the issue of informal rules and their role in either the increase or decrease of criminality and violence are rather scarce

Keywords : Violence; conflict; crime; security; Medellin.

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