Consequently, this publication intends to provide detailed and comprehensive information about the problemof insecurity in the region, using three different data sources. This will help to ensure not only a broadperspective but also to compare and validate the scope and quality of the different sources. One reason forthat approach is that another of the publication’s goals is precisely to contribute to a better understanding ofthe characteristics and limitations of security data.This document is a translation of the publication written in Spanish “Delito y Violencia en América Latina y elCaribe”, where the reader can find a complete analysis, methodological notes, and a statistic Annex. Whereasthis English version contains only the introduction, with a description of the main findings, and the “CountryProfiles”, which provide detailed information about each country.

The Authors are Diego M. Fleitas Ortiz de Rozas, Msc in Public Policy in Latin America (University of Oxford), Sociologist and Lawyer (UBA), Germán Lodola, PhD in Political Science (University of Pittsburgh), Adjunct Professor at Universidad T. Di Tella and Adjunct Researcher at CONICET and Hernán Flom, who has a degree in Political Science (Universidad de San Andrés), and he is PhD candidate in Political Science.

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