Talk:Crime and Violence in Latin America

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Some sections were copied verbatim from the sources. Paraphrasing is needed, to avoid copyright infringement. Notice that second paragraph of "Possible causes" section was copied verbatim from: [1]. --the Dúnadan 04:38, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Do we really need this article? I mean why not create a "Crime in Europe" article, (yes it does exist) -A friend of mine was robbed in Germany during the world cup-, anyways all Latin American articles already talk about social issues, and some of them even have crime and law enforcement sections, so I’m thinking this article might be a little redundant. Supaman89 (talk) 17:30, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

I don't think we need the article BUT

I think arguments like - "we don't need a Crime in Latin America article because there is no Crime in Europe article",

OR "if there is a Crime in Latin America article, there should be a Crime in Europe article", are not good arguments. Different situations are different.

More importantly, that type of argument implies there should be "standardization" across articles. Getting a consensus within one article is tough enough. Trying to get a consensus on standards to apply to all the country articles would lead to madness. Wanderer57 (talk) 18:53, 28 February 2008 (UTC)