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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454631103321

Titolo

Policing insecurity [[electronic resource] ] : police reform, security, and human rights in Latin America / / edited by Niels Uildriks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2009

ISBN

1-282-49394-9

9786612493942

0-7391-3230-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

UildriksNiels A

Disciplina

363.2098

Soggetti

Police administration - Latin America

Police - Government policy - Latin America

National security - Latin America

Human rights - Europe, Eastern

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-241) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Police reform, security and human rights in Latin America : an introduction / Niels Uildriks -- Recent police reforms in Latin America / Hugo Frühling -- On the long road to demilitarization and professionalization of the police in Brazil / Saima Husain -- Post-war violence and police reform in Guatemala / Marie-Louise Glebbeek -- International police assistance in Jamaica under escalated violence and institutionalized non-integrity / Niels Uildriks -- Police transformation and international cooperation : the Jamaican experience / Anthony Harriott -- Police and judicial reform in Chile / Lucia Dammert -- Police reform in Argentina : public security versus human rights / Mark Ungar -- Policing insecurity and police reform in Mexico City and beyond / Niels Uildriks.

Sommario/riassunto

Profound distrust commonly characterizes not only the relationship between citizens and state institutions, but also social, as well as inter- and intra-state relations. This impacts the effectiveness and quality of the service provided by state institutions. The degree to which police and judicial reforms are able to generate trust on these fronts is



therefore an important yardstick to judge their relevance under varying circumstances of 'post-authoritarian rule', but this question is largely ignored in the current literature on policing and reform. From this perspective, Policing Insecurity: