In this article, I examine some experiences drawn from the ethnographic fieldwork I have done over many years in Colombia–a country that has endured a violent armed conflict for over 60 years, leaving thousands of dead and ...

The documen-tary At the Gates of Hell: Broken Children, directed by Spanish filmmaker Mi-guel Toral, shows the harsh reality of, what he calls, “broken children”, Co-lombian urban youngsters resorting to criminal and violent ...

This work approaches the hypothesis about the association between creation and maintenance of urban equipment of infrastructure and criminality reduction. Several theoretical models legitimize this negative relationship ...

In this research violent behavior patterns produced in population with no stablished his¬tory of criminal or agressive characteristics are studied. Violent behavior temporal secuencies are analyzed and eight diferents ...

Colombia, South America is currently transitioning to post-conflict status following 6 decades of armed conflict. The population has experienced extensive exposures to potentially traumatic events throughout the lifespan. ...

This article analyzes the processes of change and renewal in the historic center of Bogota, linked with the relocation of vulnerable people, whom inhabit this zone considered as violent and highly dangerous. The administrative ...