Organized criminal violence and territorial control
Evidence from northern Honduras
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3917023 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Louis-Alexandre Berg (0000-0002-1673-6974, Georgia State University, corresponding author), Marlon Carranza (0000-0002-3901-814X, Leipzig University) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 566-581 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Peace Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3433 • E-ISSN: 1460-3578 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022343317752796 |
| OpenAlex | W2794129301 |
| Language | IT |
| Citations received | 40 |
| References cited | 37 |
What accounts for geographic variation in organized criminal violence? In Honduras, a country with one of the highest homicide rates in the world, the intensity of violence rivals many civil wars. Yet violent crime varies across cities and neighborhoods. Armed groups seeking to control territory use violence for different purposes, including competing against rivals, coercing residents and state officials, and exploiting the public for profit. Variations in community organization, defined as the density of interpersonal ties and the prevalence of shared expectations for collective action, affect the utility of violence for each of these purposes. Community organization can raise the cost of controlling territory, reduce the benefits of coercive violence, and generate pressure to protect residents from exploitation. These dynamics are examined through a comparison of nine neighborhoods in three of Honduras's most violent cities, drawing from disaggregated homicide data and ethnographic research. The comparison shows that neighborhoods with denser community organization experienced lower levels of violence. Narrative evidence points to specific ways in which community organization mediates effects of competition among criminal groups and their interaction with state officials. Community characteristics thus affect the way non-state armed actors exercise authority in areas of limited state presence
Affect (linguistics) · Collective action · Collective efficacy · Competition (biology) · Criminology · Domestic violence · Environmental health · Homicide · Poison control · Political science · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
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| Unique citing works | 40 |
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| Citations per year | 5,71 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 37 |