Voices of crime : constructing and contesting social control in modern Latin America / edited by Luz E. Huertas, Bonnie A. Lucero, and Gregory J. Swedberg ; foreword by Ricardo D. Salvatore.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Huertas Castillo, Luz, editor.

Lucero, Bonnie A., editor.

Swedberg, Gregory J., editor.

Salvatore, Ricardo Donato, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime--Latin America--History.

Crime.

Justice, Administration of--Social aspects--Latin America--History.

Justice, Administration of.

Justice, Administration of--Social aspects.

History.

Latin America.

Genre:

History.

Essays.

Physical Description:

xi, 267 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2016.

Summary:

"The book is a collection of essays looking at histories of crime and justice in Latin America, with a focus on social history and the interactions between state institutions, the press, and social groups. It argues that crime in Latin America is best understood from the "bottom up" -- not just as the exercise of power from the state. The book seeks to document and illustrate the "every day" experiences of crime in particular settings, emphasizing under-researched historical actors such as criminals, victims, and police officers"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1 Constructing Criminality: Otherness in the Discourses and Policies on Order and Progress

1 Traveling Criminals and Transnational Police Cooperation in South America, 1890-1920 / Diego Galeano Galeano, Diego 17

2 Imagining Criminality: Race, Identity, and Crime in Peru, 1890s-1930s / Luz E. Huertas Huertas, Luz E. 51

3 Police Imagination: The Construction of Drug Users and Drug Trafficking in Chile, 1900-1950 / Marcos Fernández Labbé Labbé, Marcos Fernández 74

4 Between Fiction and Reality: Policiales and the Beginnings of the Yellow Press in Lima, 1940-1960 / Sönke Hansen Hansen, Sönke 93

Part 2 Navigating Criminalization: Agency and its Limits Amid State Violence

5 Order in an Occupied City: Police and Antiblack Violence in Cienfuegos, Cuba, circa 1899 / Bonnie A. Lucero Lucero, Bonnie A. 115

6 Visions of Order: Criminality, Class, and Community Conceptions of the Police in 1910s Buenos Aires / Juandrea Bates Bates, Juandrea 139

7 Prosecuting Deviance: Sexual Violence in Postrevolutionary Veracruz, 1920-1950 / Gregory J. Swedberg Swedberg, Gregory J. 164

8 Between Barbarity and Tradition: Past and Present Representations of Lynching in Mexico / Gema Santamaría Santamaría, Gema 189.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816533046

0816533040

OCLC:

948339484