<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Citizen Security Forum]]></title><description><![CDATA[Citizen Security]]></description><link>https://www.citizensecurity.org/home</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 20:03:38 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.citizensecurity.org/es/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Are Fuel Subsidies Helping Ecuador, or Holding It Back?]]></title><description><![CDATA[For decades, Ecuador has spent billions keeping gasoline, diesel, and cooking gas cheap. 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In 1993, Bogota reached its highest homicide rate ever...]]></description><link>https://www.citizensecurity.org/single-post/2018/05/06/what-made-the-homicide-rate-go-down-in-bogota-and-medellin</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f6251c0b6414d0018108d38</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2018 01:20:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/52f571_a68c2a7764b44c93b833bdece36c1a6e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_960,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Carlos Munoz Burgos</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reducing crime and violence through a situational approach]]></title><description><![CDATA[So far, I have mostly focused on how to reduce crime and violence at the individual, family, and relational levels of the socioecological...]]></description><link>https://www.citizensecurity.org/single-post/2018/05/02/reducing-crime-and-violence-through-a-situational-approach</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f6251c0b6414d0018108d36</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2018 03:50:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/52f571_7dd56e101a014d5b881680d2cfea2f62~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Carlos Munoz Burgos</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frameworks: Civic Culture and Violence Prevention in Latin America]]></title><description><![CDATA[A few years ago, a former Guatemala City deputy mayor recommended that I read a book called Antípodas de la Violencia. Translated into...]]></description><link>https://www.citizensecurity.org/single-post/2018/04/30/frameworks-civic-culture-and-violence-prevention-in-latin-america</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f6251c0f8615a0017615040</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 21:38:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/52f571_cdd82202f69a489ebf4f080e445d8874~mv2_d_3264_2448_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Carlos Munoz Burgos</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FARC Dissident Groups in Ecuador’s Northern Border]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peter Neumann at Kings College states that the argument against negotiating with terrorists is simple: Democracies must never give in to...]]></description><link>https://www.citizensecurity.org/single-post/2018/04/19/negotiating-with-terrorist-farc-dissident-groups-in-ecuador-s-northern-border</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f6251c0f8615a001761503c</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2018 04:03:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/52f571_8f4f30fc6b5a425cb2910afb71fa10ef~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_960,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Carlos Munoz Burgos</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review: How to cut the murder rate (The Economist)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week, The Economist published an article titled How to cut the murder rate. The article does a good job presenting the issue of...]]></description><link>https://www.citizensecurity.org/single-post/2018/04/12/review-how-to-cut-the-murder-rate-the-economist</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f6251c0f8615a001761503b</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2018 00:08:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/52f571_047fadf71eb9451b91cf09d3321ddfd7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_960,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Carlos Munoz Burgos</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ecuador: FARC-violence Spillover]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Colombian conflict seems to be spilling over to neighboring Ecuador. 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Socioecological analysis]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are many possible interventions to prevent violence at the individual, relationship, community, and societal levels of the...]]></description><link>https://www.citizensecurity.org/single-post/2018/03/15/what-works-in-cvp-socioecological-analysis</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f6251c19ed03c001719305f</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 00:59:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/52f571_389bd8413a7242a6a0d227400a1ab3d5~mv2_d_2737_1739_s_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Carlos Munoz Burgos</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tools: the homicide rate]]></title><description><![CDATA[I do not think there has been a post where I have not mentioned a homicide rate. 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