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Mano dura policies in Latin America / edited by Jonathan D. Rosen and Sebastián A. Cutrona.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge studies in Latin American politics ; 42.
- Routledge studies in Latin American politics ; 42
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Criminal justice, Administration of--Latin America.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Crime prevention--Latin America.
- Crime prevention.
- Organized crime--Prevention--Government policy--Latin America.
- Organized crime.
- Gang prevention--Government policy--Latin America.
- Gang prevention.
- Punishment in crime deterrence--Government policy--Latin America.
- Punishment in crime deterrence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 180 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.
- Biography/History:
- Jonathan D. Rosen is Assistant Professor in the Professional Security Studies Department at New Jersey City University. Dr. Rosen's research focuses on drug trafficking, organized crime, and security. He is the author of 20 books and has published journal articles in Trends in Organized Crime, the Journal of Criminal Justice, Deviant Behavior, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, and Contexto Internacional, Revista CS, among other journals. Dr. Rosen has participated in grant-funded research studies in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, and Mexico. Sebastian A. Cutrona is Associate Professor at O.P Jindal Global University, India. His work has been published in Trends in Organize Crime, the International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, and Crime, Law, and Social Change, among others. Dr. Cutrona has taught drug trafficking, organized crime, and Latin American politics at the University of Miami (United States), Universidad de San Andrés (Argentina), and Universidad Nacional de La Rioja (Argentina). His research interests mainly consist in organized crime, drug policy, and Latin American politics.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Sebastián A. Cutrona and Jonathan D. Rosen
- General trends / Mary Malone
- The cycle of mano dura policies : the militarization of the drug war in Mexico / Jonathan D. Rosen, Roberto Zepeda, Sebastián Cutrona, and Richard Huizar
- Performing punitivism : mano dura in El Salvador / Christine J. Wade
- Mano dura policies in Honduras : capitalizing off (in)security / Pamela Ruiz
- Fighting the last war : Colombia's experience with "tough on crime" policies / Adam Isacson
- The evolution of crime policy and attitudes toward mano dura in Ecuador / John Polga-Hecimovich
- Throwing away the key : mano dura with Bolivian characteristics / Marten Brienen
- Faces of a perverse state : mano dura policies in Brazil from a historical perspective / Marcos Alan Ferreira and Anna Beatriz Ramalho Gonçalves
- The popularity and limits of tough on crime policies in Argentina / Hernán Flom
- Conclusión / Jonathan D. Rosen and Sebastián A. Cutrona.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 08, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Mano dura policies in Latin America
- ISBN:
- 9781003398417
- 1003398413
- 9781000900972
- 1000900975
- 9781000901092
- 1000901092
- Publisher Number:
- 40031909430
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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