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Crime and violence in Latin America : citizen security, democracy, and the state
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- Creator
- edited by Hugo Frühling and Joseph S. Tulchin with Heather A. Golding
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2003]
- ©2003
- Physical Details
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- xii, 284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780801873836, 0801873835, 9780801873843, 0801873843
- OCLC
- ocm51630957
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction: Citizen security in regional perspective / Joseph S. Tulchin and Heather A. Golding -- Part I. Issues and themes -- Police reform and the process of democratization / Hugo Frühling -- Control of police misconduct in the Americas / Paul Chevigny -- Citizen security and reform of the criminal justice system in Latin America / Mauricio Duce and Rogélio Perez Perdomo -- Violent Americas: risk factors, consequences, and policy implications of social and domestic violence / Andrew Morrison, Mayra Buvinic, and Michael Shifter -- Part II. Case studies -- Citizen insecurity and fear: public and private responses in Argentina / Catalina Smulovitz -- Militarization of public security in Peru / Carlos Basombrío -- Police-community partnerships in Brazil / Paulo de Mesquita Neto and Adriana Loche -- Experiences with citizen participation in crime prevention in Central America / Laura Chinchilla -- Internationalized crime and the vulnerability of the small states in the Caribbean / Anthony P. Maingot -- Part III. Conclusions and recommendations -- Looking ahead: steps to reduce crime and violence in the Americas / Heather A. Golding
Subjects
- Crime -- Latin America.
- Violence -- Latin America.
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- Latin America.
- Crime -- Latin America -- Case studies.
- Violence -- Latin America -- Case studies.
- Crime prevention -- Latin America.
- Violence -- Latin America -- Prevention.
- Crime -- Government policy -- Latin America.
- Violence -- Government policy -- Latin America.