Crime and law enforcement are often entwined in a co-evolutionary process by which the actions of one prompt behavioral changes by the other that demand new strategies from the initial actor. While this dynamic is often recognized and anticipated by both law enforcement and criminal groups, it frequently yields perverse effects – unintended (and generally 
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Law Enforcement and Perverse Effects: The Evolution of the Central American Maras
By: Michael Lawrence | Monday, February 29th, 2016The Thin Blue Line and The Impact of Terrorism on the Transformation of Law Enforcement
By: Valarie Findlay | Friday, July 31st, 2015Law enforcement in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada has seen a substantial transformation over the past half century, primarily due to its inextricable ties to legislation. Some practitioners and professionals allege that 9/11 was the marquee event that signified not only a new type of terrorism, but a new type of policing, broadened by
Small Arms Survey Releases 2010 Yearbook on “Gangs, Groups and Guns”
By: Geoff Burt | Thursday, June 17th, 2010The Geneva-based Small Arms Survey’s 2010 Yearbook focuses on a variety of issues relating to gangs and armed groups. One of the report’s findings with direct relevance to SSR is what the author calls “the danger of dungeons” (also the title of the report’s sixth chapter). The chapter’s principal author, Benjamin Lessing, uses case studies
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