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Crime, Violence and Well-Being

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Well-Being in Latin America

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Latin Americans are exposed to high levels of violence associated to gangs, organized crime and even domestic violence. It is shown that victimization impacts negatively on the well-being of Latin Americans and that its impact is very large in the case of women. Exposure to victimization is concentrated in particular areas of the region; however, fear of crime is widely spread in many Latin American countries and it also impacts negatively on well-being. It is also shown that domestic violence has a very large impact the well-being of women.

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  1. Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR), Logroño, Spain

    Mariano Rojas

  2. Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (UPAEP), Puebla, Mexico

    Mariano Rojas

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Rojas, M. (2020). Crime, Violence and Well-Being. In: Well-Being in Latin America. Human Well-Being Research and Policy Making. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33498-7_10

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