http://www.vera.org/publications/
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Julita Lemgruber and Sylvia Ramos
"Analyse the extraordinary rates of gun violence and homicide in Brazil today and describe how nonprofit organizations are intervening to reduce the killing. The authors show how the killing is concentrated among young adults, particularly black youth, in the shanty towns known as favelas of only a few states. Here the death rate exceeds that of familiar war zones, but because of the powerlessness of the victims, state and national governments have been slow to act. The authors also describe how nonprofit organizations have intervened: mobilizing mass demonstrations, advising governments on specific strategies, successfully lobbying for gun control, and working to build a new culture of peace among young people in poor neighborhoods"
