Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: policing in Latin America
  • Argentina
  • The rise of insecurity
  • Policing in the seat of power
  • Reform the Argentine way
  • Overriding threats and priorities?
  • The Argentine political game
  • Brazil
  • The spillover of crime
  • Policing the marvelous city
  • Reform the Brazilian way
  • Threats and priorities
  • The Brazilian political game
  • Conclusion
  • Democratic policing: a distant reality?
  • Methodological appendix
  • List of acronyms and abbreviations.