Drugs & democracy in Rio de Janeiro : trafficking, social networks, & 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
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Arias, Enrique Desmond
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2006.
Temas:
Violence > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro.
Slums > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro.
Crime > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro.
Drug traffic > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro.
Police corruption > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro.
Community organization > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro.
Violence > Brésil > Rio de Janeiro.
Taudis > Brésil > Rio de Janeiro.
Criminalité urbaine > Brésil > Rio de Janeiro.
Drogues > Trafic > Brésil > Rio de Janeiro.
Corruption policière > Brésil > Rio de Janeiro.
Organisation communautaire > Brésil > Rio de Janeiro.
TRUE CRIME > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Policy.
Community organization
Crime
Drug traffic
Police corruption
Slums
Violence
Geweld.
Drugshandel.
Corruptie.
Brazil > Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro.
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 (xx, 279 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-268) and index.
ISBN:9780807877371
0807877379
9781469605135
1469605139

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