Las 25 técnicas de la prevención situacional del delito

http://www.popcenter.org/25techniques/

Neurociencia del consumo y dependencia de sustancias psicoactivas

En el presente libro sobre neurociencias de las adicciones, la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) ha procurado proporcionar por primera vez una descripción general y completa de los factores biológicos y bioquímicos relacionados con el uso y la dependencia de sustancias psicoactivas, como resultado de los conocimientos acumulados en los últimos 20 a 30 años. Además, el libro destaca los mecanismos de acción de los diferentes tipos de sustancias psicoactivas, y explica las formas en que su uso puede desencadenar en el síndrome de la dependencia. Aunque se focaliza más en los mecanismos cerebrales de los neurotransmisores, el libro también examina los factores sociales y ambientales que influyen en el uso y la dependencia de las sustancias y las implicaciones éticas de las nuevas estrategias de intervención biológica. La traducción y distribución de este libro en América Latina se hace con el fin de lograr una mayor disponibilidad y difusión de estudios en lenguaje español, además de una mayor comprensión de los efectos bioquímicos del consumo de drogas. También se pretende lograr una mayor sensibilización en el sector político, el sistema judicial, de protección social, agencias coordinadoras, así como profesionales de la salud, educadores y la población general.

http://www.paho.org/Spanish/AD/THS/MH/NeuroscienceBook.pdf

A Report to President Obama on Building Sustainable Security and Competitiveness

A year ago, the North American Center for Transborder Studies (NACTS), a trinational consortium of universities, was asked by our trinational Board of Advisors to create a roadmap for the new U.S. administration in working with Canada and Mexico, our neighbors and most important trading partners. In doing so, a number of key opportunities repeatedly came to the forefront of this extended conversation, particularly those listed above. We believe that the U.S. relationship with Canada and Mexico should be driven by these concepts. We also believe that these concepts are highly compatible with the Obama Administration’s vision of the future of North America. “North America Next: A Report to President Obama on Building Sustainable Security and Competitiveness” is a unique effort by NACTS, which is strategically located in a fast-growing border state; at the nexus of major immigration fl ows to the United States; along a key corridor of cross-border commerce; and at a large, highaccess public university. The border regions of North America have a long—though mixed—history of cooperation across national boundaries. As the Obama Administration looks at rearticulating U.S. policies in the Americas, we strongly believe that regional organizations are critical assets in building a relationship with our neighbors that is more secure and prosperous. Furthermore, we believe that when policy relating to Canada and Mexico are viewed from a multi-functional framework that looks at the highly interconnected issues of security, competitiveness, and sustainability in North America, citizens of all three countries will clearly be better off.

NACTS shaped the recommendations in this report for building a more collaborative North America from an ongoing series of engagements (events, meetings, working papers, etc.) with a large number of Canadian, U.S. and Mexican experts and organizations. This process of engagement with NACTS’ trinational Board of advisors and a large number of diverse institutions and individuals of various political persuasions in the United States, Mexico and Canada was extremely enlightening and helped shape this document’s scope and detail.

http://nacts.asu.edu/files/u1/NACTS_report_2-6-09_low-res.pdf

Cross Talk II: Building Common Security in North America

The North American Center for Transborder Studies (NACTS) at Arizona State University, the Center for Dialogue and Analysis on North America at Tec de Monterrey, Mexico City Campus and the Mexico and Canada Institutes at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars will convene “Cross Talk II: Building Common Security in North America” in Washington, D.C on February 10 and 11. The objective of the event is to engage public and private sector officials and key policy networks in Canada, the United States and Mexico to discuss and develop policy options and recommendations toward building more sustainable security in North America.

Cross Talk II perpetuates the multiple conversations begun at XT-I but provides a unique opportunity, early in the new Presidency, Administration and DHS Secretariat, to view security from a North American and a border perspective. Too long Washington insiders have imposed policies on borderlands without understanding and appreciating the local impacts and implications and unintended consequences. Cross Talk II will more closely examine building common security across borders. The discussions at Cross Talk II will result in yet a more security-focused iteration of the memo to the new administration. Senior-level representatives from DHS, State, Interior, Commerce, and their Mexican and Canadian counterparts will attend, speak and participate. Cross Talks are also designed to attract participants from all three nations, for all sectors of civil society and from the spectrum of political parties.

The event also forms part of the North American Dialogue, an initiative launched by the Center for Dialogue and Analysis on North America (CEDAN) at Tec de Monterrey, Mexico City Campus. The initiative is a series of closed and public forums on issues of competitiveness, environmental challenges, and human capital. In addition, Cross Talk II is enriched by the expertise of the Canada and Mexico Institutes at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Both organizations convene undertake a number of important activities, including high-level meetings and working groups that engage key policy networks on matters affecting the U.S.-Canada and U.S.-Mexico relationships.

The United States and Mexico: Towards a Strategic Partnership

Este reporte del Woodrow Wilson Center está basado en la premisa de que ambos países se pueden beneficiar si piensan más estratégicamente sus relaciones bilaterales.

There is no lack of attention on either side of the border towards the other country. In fact, an endless number of federal, state, and local agencies in each country have policies that deal with the other either directly or indirectly, and politicians in both countries regularly address issues on the bilateral agenda. What are frequently lacking are the synergies among different approaches taken by government agencies to deal with the same issue. !is report, therefore, suggests that a little bit of coordination and consultation between policymakers in the two countries and among different agencies can go a long way towards improving the ways we manage joint challenges—from dealing with organized crime to resolving trade disputes to developing orderly systems for migration to managing natural resources at the border.

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/events/docs/The%20U.S.%20and%20Mexico.%20Towards%20a%20Strategic%20Partnership.pdf