The Economics and Development Report 2014 named "Towards a safer Latin America: A new perspective for crime prevention and control" sets out a comprehensive conceptual framework which helps to place the social and institutional sphere into perspective and favors a fair and productive discussion regarding each relevant actor’s possibilities for intervention. RED 2014 analyzes each part of this mechanism that underlies the carrying out of a criminal event and promotes a discussion about which public policies can be most effective to promote citizen security in Latin America