Policing Democracy : Overcoming Obstacles to Citizen Security in Latin America /

Latin America's crime rates are astonishing by any standard--the region's homicide rate is the world's highest. This crisis continually traps governments between the need for comprehensive reform and the public demand for immediate action, usually meaning iron-fisted police tactics ha...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ungar, Mark (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2011]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Violence > Latin America > Prevention.
Violence > Latin America.
Police > Latin America.
Crime prevention > Latin America > Citizen participation.
Internal security > Latin America.
Crime prevention > Latin America.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Realms of change and obstacles to citizen security reform
  • Citizen security and democracy
  • Honduras
  • Bolivia
  • Argentina
  • Overcoming obstacles to reform.

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