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Reforming the administration of justice in Mexico / edited by Wayne A. Cornelius and David A. Shirk.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Police--Mexico.
- Police.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--Mexico.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Crime--Mexico.
- Crime.
- Mexico.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (537 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Notre Dame, Indiana ; San Diego, California : University of Notre Dame Press : Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California, [2007]
- Summary:
- Reforming the Administration of Justice in Mexico examines the challenges Mexico faces in reforming the administration of its justice system, which Cornelius sees as critical for the consolidation of democracy, the well-being of Mexican citizens, and successful U.S.-Mexican relations.... In addition, the book presents sources of empirical data, case studies evaluating state and local level challenges, and analyses of best practices. Contributors: David A. Shirk, Alejandra Ríos Cázares, Robert Buffington, Pablo Piccato, Elena Azaola, Marcelo Bergman, Benjamin Nelson Reames, Guillermo Zepeda Lecuona, Sigrid Arzt, Carlos Silva, Sara Schatz, Hugo Concha, Ana Laura Magaloni Kerpel, Elisa Speckman Guerra, Héctor Fix-Fierro, Jeffrey K. Staton, Robert M. Kossick, Jr., Rubén Minutti Z., Pablo Parás, Kathleen Staudt, Irasema Coronado, Rosalva Aída Hernández, Héctor Ortiz Elizondo, Robert O. Varenik, Mario Arroyo Juárez, Allison Rowland, Marcos Pablo Moloeznik, John J. Bailey, and Wayne A. Cornelius.
- Contents:
- Introduction : reforming the administration of justice in Mexico / David A. Shirk, Alejandra Ríos Cázares
- pt. 1. Crime and criminality in Mexico
- The social construction of crime in Mexico / Robert Buffington
- A historical perspective on crime in twentieth-century Mexico City / Pablo Piccato
- The Mexican prison system / Elena Azaola, Marcelo Bergman
- Pt. 2. Police and policing in Mexico
- A profile of police forces in Mexico / Benjamin Nelson Reames
- Criminal investigation and the subversion of the principles of the justice system in Mexico / Guillermo Zepeda Lecuona
- The militarization of the Procuraduría General de la República : risks for Mexican democracy / Sigrld Arzt
- Police abuse in Mexico City / Carlos Silva
- pt. 3. Civil society in action in the border region
- The Mexican judicial system : continuity and change in a period of democratic consolidation / Sara Schatz, Hugo Concha, Ana Laura Magaloni Kerpel
- Justice reform and legal opinion : the Mexican criminal codes of 1871, 1929, and 1931 / Elisa Speckman Guerra
- The role of lawyers in the Mexican justice system / Hector Fix-Fierro
- Lobbying for judicial reform : the role of the Mexican Supreme Court in institutional selection / Jeffrey K. Staton
- Pt. 4. Crime and society
- Citizen access and professional responsibility in the Mexican justice system / Robert M. Kossick, Jr., Ruben Minutti Z.
- Unweaving the social fabric : the impact of crime on social capital / Pablo Parás
- Binational civic action for accountability : antiviolence organizing in Cd. Juárez-El Paso / Kathleen Staudt, Irasema Coronado
- Different but equal : access to justice for Mexico's indigenous peoples / Rosalva Aída Hernández, Hector Ortiz Elizondo
- pt. 5. Best practices and policy recommendations
- Exploring roads to police reform : six recommendations / Robert O. Varenik
- Evaluating the zero tolerance strategy and its application in Mexico City / Mario Arroyo Juárez
- Assessing decentralization : what role for municipal government in the administration of justice? / Allison Rowland
- Public security, criminal justice, and human rights : a critique of PAN governance in Jalisco, 1995-2006 / Marcos Pablo Moloeznik
- Reforming the administration of justice in Mexico : strategies and requisites / John Bailey, Wayne A. Cornelius.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780268055622
- 0268055629
- 9780268055639
- 0268055637
- OCLC:
- 1525400641
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