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Assessing the multidimensional costs of violence is difficult, says the author of this brief. In response, the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) has developed a complex model that measures both the overt and hidden expenses that are involved. So, what does the data tell us about Latin America and the Caribbean, where the costs of violence continue to outweigh the expenditures devoted to preventing or containing it? Further, what can the model and its results teach the EU? Here are the answers.