Violence in Central America has become one of the reasons for leaving the region. Recent scholarship tends to understand violence within local and regional processes, while neglecting the larger transnational processes. Focusing on the case of Hondurans seeking asylum in the United States, this article argues that the phenomenon of violence that has forced Hondurans to leave is a result of a combination of local and transnational processes. Conceptually, this article draws on the notion of the ‘cycle of violence’ to understand the different forms of violence that forcibly displaces Central Americans. The notion has been used to understand how early exposure to violence is linked to future violent behaviour. However, it is limited to local processes. This article expands this notion by considering transnational factors, such as migration and the global agenda of crime control, in the contribution to the reproduction of the ‘cycle of violence’ of Central Americans.

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跨国和地方纠缠在中美洲移民的“暴力循环”中

中美洲的暴力行为已成为离开该地区的原因之一。最近的学术研究倾向于理解地方和区域进程中的暴力，而忽略了更大的跨国进程。本文着眼于在美国寻求庇护的洪都拉斯人的案件，认为导致洪都拉斯人离开的暴力现象是地方和跨国程序结合的结果。从概念上讲，本文借鉴“暴力循环”的概念来理解强迫中美洲人流离失所的各种形式的暴力。该概念已被用来了解早期暴露于暴力与未来的暴力行为有何联系。但是，它仅限于本地过程。本文通过考虑跨国因素扩展了这一概念，