Drugs and Democracy in Rio de Janeiro : Trafficking, Social Networks, and Public Security /

Taking an ethnographic approach to understanding urban violence, this work examines the problems of crime and police corruption that have led to widespread misery and human rights violations in many of Latin America's new democracies. It argues that public policy change is not enough to stop th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Arias, Enrique Desmond
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Corruptie.
Drugshandel.
Geweld.
Violence.
Slums.
Police corruption.
Drug traffic.
Crime.
Community organization.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Policy.
TRUE CRIME > General.
Organisation communautaire > Bresil > Rio de Janeiro.
Corruption policiere > Bresil > Rio de Janeiro.
Drogues > Trafic > Bresil > Rio de Janeiro.
Criminalite urbaine > Bresil > Rio de Janeiro.
Taudis > Bresil > Rio de Janeiro.
Violence > Bresil > Rio de Janeiro.
Community organization > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro.
Police corruption > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro.
Drug traffic > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro.
Crime > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro.
Slums > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro.
Violence > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro.
Rio de Janeiro.
Brazil > Rio de Janeiro.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Taking an ethnographic approach to understanding urban violence, this work examines the problems of crime and police corruption that have led to widespread misery and human rights violations in many of Latin America's new democracies. It argues that public policy change is not enough to stop the vicious cycle of crime and corruption.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (304 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781469605135

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