Preventing Violence—Maybe Communities Know Better

A child in the Rivera Hernandez community, Honduras, is 85 times more likely to be murdered than a child in Australia.

Hmong immigrants take a look at a Hmong story cloth that promotes seasonal safety tips at the Volunteers of America building, in Minneapolis, Minn., on Dec. 7, 2005. AP Photo/Beth Schlanker

A child in Rivera Hernandez is 85 times more likely to be murdered than a child in Australia. Rivera Hernandez is a community in Honduras. It is just an example of the many communities around the world where crime, domestic violence, and child maltreatment are killing millions.

International organizations like the World Bank and the World Health Organization invest millions of dollars in violence prevention. All these organizations have good intentions. They also have big plans for quantifying the problem and for expensive and sophisticated solutions.

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