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Region: Caribbean

Country: Belize

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Type: Program

Status: In Process

Name: Community Rehabilitation Department (CRD)

From (MM/YYYY): /2011

Inserted in Plan: No

Document:

Link:

http://humandevelopment.gov.bz/index.php/service-units-2/community-rehabilitation-department/

Institution Responsible:

• Ministry of Human Development

Partners

Other Institutions involved: DK/NR

Policy Design

Objectives: Reinsertion or rehabilitation of armed violence through mediation with armed groups.

Activities:

The program employs several police officers and works with gangs to reduce violence between them and create opportunities to encourage members to stop engaging in criminal activity.

Program officers act as “violence interrupters” when an act of violence occurs in an effort to prevent subsequent acts of revenge.

Programatic Influences: DK/NR

Initative Based On Evidence: DK/NR

Proven Impact On Homicide Reduction: No

Designed Specifically To Reduce Homicides: Yes

Focus

Social Focus: Yes

Territorial Focus: No

Gender Focus: No

Geographical Coverage: National

Programatic Approach:

• Prevention: Indicated / tertiary

Name Of Territorial Units Covered: Belize

Target Population

Target Population: Youth

Socio-Economic Level: All

Gender: Both

Age (From): 15

Age (To): 25

Total Est. Beneficiaries:

Est. % Of Beneficiaries:

Reference:

Core Topic

Reinsertion, mediation, or negotiation with armed groups

Armed groups operating outside the law

Mediation

Overlap

Other Policies That Overlap With the initiative: Yes

Policy

Institution

Restore Belize program

Restore Belize

National Youth Policy

Ministery of Education, Youth and Sports

Results Evaluation

Available: DK/NR

Impact Evaluation

Available: No

The information on the files is in the original language of the country where the intervention was performed.

The development of this platform was made possible by Open Society Foundations funding.

The initial information upload to the Platform is based on the report "Mapping of Homicide Prevention Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean", prepared by Ignacio Cano and Emiliano Rojido from the Laboratory for the Analysis of Violence, with the collaboration of the Brazilian Forum of Public Security.