Going straight: Criminal Spoilers, Gang Truces and Negotiated Transitions to Lawful Order
This paper examines the role of negotiation in contexts where crime and conflict intersect
Abstract
This paper is part of the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research’s Crime-Conflict Nexus Series
The authors consider the role of negotiation in contexts where crime and conflict intersect. They examine negotiations between State actors and more traditional armed groups with criminal agendas as well as non-traditional negotiations involving State actors and criminal gangs (e.g. gang truces). The paper produces insights on the conditions that facilitate and spoil negotiated agreements where criminal agendas are involved and provides options for negotiators and mediators to consider when dealing with criminal agendas.
There is also a blog and a brief video interview with the authors.
This research was funded under the Department for International Development’s Policy Research Fund
Citation
James Cockayne, John de Boer and Louise Bosetti. Going straight: Criminal Spoilers, Gang Truces and Negotiated Transitions to Lawful Order United Nations University Centre for Policy Research Crime-Conflict Nexus Series: No 5, April 2017, 22p
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Going straight: Criminal Spoilers, Gang Truces and Negotiated Transitions to Lawful Order