Homoid Homicide In Honduras

Therefore, Honduras and Nicaragua have several things in common in the patterns of human rights violations. The history of these two countries is an important topic to discuss. The economic and social rights of the people of Honduras has always been in turmoil. What important to note about Honduras is the detailed consideration of international relationships aids in understanding the patterns in fighting for human rights. Keeping an eye towards international factors help scholars answer questions related to the timing of critical turning points and helps explain long term patterns for change. In Honduras’ case the changing rates and types of human rights abuse cannot be fully understood without reference to the changes in pressure and support from the international community (Cruz, J. 1984). Recently reports have been targeted towards

This report provides information on Honduras which includes the geography, its society, and government conditions. It offers facts about Honduras’ natural resources and ethnic groups. In addition, the article examines its military and transnational issues including, international conflicts, refugees and drug trafficking. The article provides insight to what controls the economy of Honduras. This article will be useful for my final project because it offers background facts on the level of development.

Honduras has the highest homicide rate in the world. (worldatlas.com) It’s a country that has been affected by imperialism multiple times throughout its history. In the early parts of the country's history, Honduras was imperialised by Spain and went through a couple of different political powers before becoming independent. During more recent times the U.S. used military force to gain control of the country in hopes to help the political uproar and failing country using imperialistic tendencies. Imperialism shaped Honduras into the country it is today by creating unnecessary wars leading to political tension, hindering the country’s economic and modern development and is continuing to shape the country by trying to reverse the adverse effect that imperialism had before.

Over the years, Salvadoran citizens have been experiencing a rise in homicides in their communities. A large portion of these homicides go unsolved and are a result of gang violence. El Salvador is ranked in the top three most deadly Latin American countries in the world. It has been consumed with violence that includes everything from gang violence, to political corruption, to police brutality, and even a declining economy, which is basically everything that can go wrong in a society bunched up into one small country. Interestingly enough, El Salvador has a history of conflict and subjugation. El Salvador is unique among its Central American neighbors not only because of its small size and dense population, but also geographically it is the

There are many reasons why the poverty population in Honduras is exorbitant. These reasons can be explained in a macro, micro, and mezzo way. According to Gamble (2013), the practice of macro social work involves intervening in large systems to help clients (Gamble, 2013). Honduras has an extremely corrupt government. The country is as poor as it is violent. In the film, The Other Side of Immigration (2009), citizens were interviewed and asked about their feelings on their government. One man said that he does not trust his government. He also stated that he will not take part in any strikes against the government because he feels that it will do no good (Germano, 2009). Sadly, it is apparent that the majority of the population feel this way. How is a country supposed to flourish without the backing and the security of their own government?

It is irrational to think that the death penalty – a remote threat at best – will avert murders committed in drug turf wars or by street-level dealers” (Bedau). This shows that the death penalty is not stopping murders from occurring. The introduction to the death penalty conducted a survey were top criminologists stated that the death penalty does not deter homicide rates (Introduction). “For 2009, the average Murder Rate of Death Penalty States was 4.9 [Murder rates by the 100,000], while the average Murder Rate of States without the Death Penalty was 2.8” (Introduction).

(1995), was temporary, and rose again in 2000. Because homicide is “the most accurately measured and most serious crime” (Levitt, 2004, p. 165; Boyum et al., 1996), Puerto Rico’s high rate of homicide and its more modest improvement during 1990-2005 deserve further analysis

These trends, however, do not account for the whole country because they differ from place to place. The case of Ciudad Juarez is particularly extreme and, sometimes, shocking. Ciudad Juarez is a city of 1.3 million people across from El Paso, Texas. Although Ciudad Juarez is incredibly rich in nature and culture, in the last couple of years, it has not been known because of these virtues; instead, it has been all over the news due to its homicide rates, which have had peak rates greater than many war zones. One particular aspect that characterizes the homicides of this city is the high level of “feminicidios” (femicides or feminicides in English) that have taken place in the last two decades. In fact, more than 300 women have been murdered

This paper will explore how Puerto Rico can reverse and reduce their current murder rate. I have developed several recommendations to help the Puerto Rican authority’s achieve this goal. I base my recommendations on research conducted from books like the CIA world Fact Book, Preventing crime: what works for children, offenders, victims, and places, along with other websites, and my own personal experience as a military police officer.

Criminal justice approach and public health approach are at best understanding violence coherently. They both share similarities and differences that complement each other’s. They viewed violence as a threat to human and share the main direction of protecting humans from violence and preventing violence. Moore (1995) created five dimensions to understand violence, namely, the problem, cause, intervention, resources, and key values.

The Central American counties of the Northern Triangle: Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador are considered the most dangerous countries in the world that are not at war. The region is very unstable due to weak governments and gangs. The gangs in these countries rule the streets taking innocent lives, sex trafficking and rapimg women and children, while the government does little to stop them. The violence started at different times in these countries. In Honduras during the 1980s the right- winged rebel group, the Contras housed themselves in the country. El Salvador’s violence dates back to 1979 with the Civil war. This war was between the government’s military and the leftiest

Violence seems to be a nationwide phenomenon. Almost all aspects of the Colombian population experience some degree of violence. Almost everybody is a potential victim; violence does not prefer a particular socioeconomic class, profession, race, or

Violence takes many forms: it can be physical, psychological, sexual, economic, and even within families, or combinations of one or more of these. In most cases, the violence has been “acceptable” because of the cultural traditions that are largely respected. However, with the increasing emergence of the women’s movement internationally and even within Mexico itself, many Mexican males regard their roles as belittled. There has been a subtle and sometimes obvious backlash against the women’s movement, especially if women have independent living or income possibilities. In a culture in which violence is the norm, beatings, rape, torture, mutilation, and even murder are frequently overlooked. This has been painfully evident in the cases of mass murders of young women in Ciudad Juarez.

Puerto Rico, in recent years has experience an influx of criminal activity. This activity increase, albeit very small in regards to the overall population, is cause for concern. The degree and propensity of strong offenses such as murder and homicide are increasing in Puerto Rico.

The violence women in Guatemala encounter is still rampant today and women, in some sense, are just as helpless as they were in the past. First, a lot of instances of gender violence are not reported. Even though it is the “most reported crime in Guatemala,” many occurrences go unreported (MuJER Guatemala). An estimated 400,000 incidences of gender based violence occur in Guatemala, with only 40,000 being reported (MuJER Guatemala). However, of the few that are reported, even less end in the perpetrator being prosecuted. Only two percent of perpetrators of femicide are prosecuted (MuJER Guatemala). Some of the lack of criminal justice can be explained by the Guatemalan justice system. The Guatemalan justice system changed to an adversarial justice system in 1994 (US Embassy). Because of the still recent change,