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Criminality, public security, and the challenge to democracy in Latin America / edited by Marcelo Bergman and Laurence Whitehead.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- From the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Criminal statistics--Latin America.
- Criminal statistics.
- Democracy--Latin America.
- Democracy.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 344 p. : ill., maps.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The contributors to this book offer a collective assessment of some of the causes for the alarming rise in criminal activity in Latin America as new democratic regimes have taken root.
- Contents:
- Intro
- contents
- acronyms
- Introduction
- Trends in Criminality
- Regional Homicide Patterns in Brazil
- Citizen (In)Security in Chile, 1980-2007
- Rising Crime in Mexico and Buenos Aires
- Police and Criminal Justice Reform
- La Mano Dura
- Public Opinion and the Police in Chile
- The Weaknesses of Public Security Forces in Mexico City
- The Pursuit of Efficiency and the Colombian Criminal Justice System
- Criminal Process Reform and Citizen Security
- Latin America's Prisons
- Citizen Security, Democratization, and the Rule of Law
- "Security Traps" and Democratic Governability in Latin America
- Citizen Insecurity and Democracy
- bibliography
- contributors
- index.
- Notes:
- "Recent titles from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies"--P. facing t.p.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780268075675
- 0268075670
- OCLC:
- 694144476
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