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  • From Gang Rule to Iron Fist: Questioning Progress in Bukele’s El Salvador

    From Gang Rule to Iron Fist: Questioning Progress in Bukele’s El Salvador

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    Natalie Reyes

    Significant sums from a secret government fund? CHECK.  Calling for occupation of the Legislature by security forces? CHECK.  Intimidation of local journalists using death threats and imprisonment? CHECK.  Nayib Bukele’s reign as president of El Salvador has exhibited all the fixings of an authoritarian regime. Embracing this image, Bukele openly…

  • Another Path: Can school-based gang prevention programs show youth a way out?

    Another Path: Can school-based gang prevention programs show youth a way out?

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    Cheryl Healy

    An evaluation of the G.R.E.A.T. program, implemented as a school-based response to gang activity among youths, finds that students enrolled in the program are less likely than their peers to join gangs or have negative attitudes towards the police.