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Record Nr.

UNINA9910476824003321

Autore

Muggah Robert

Titolo

Security Sector Reform and Citizen Security : Experiences from Urban Latin America in Global Perspective / / Robert Muggah, John de Boer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Ubiquity Press, , 2019

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (56 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

355.0

Soggetti

Security, International

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

While widely considered a core pillar of the peace and security architecture, Security Sector Reform (SSR) is coming under fire. SSR theory and practice are criticized for being overly focused on traditional conflict and post-conflict settings and for being unable to adjust to unconventional settings marked by chronic crime and terrorism. SSR tends to be disproportionately focused on national institutions and less amenable to engaging at the subnational scale. Drawing on the experiences of so-called 'citizen security' measures in cities across Latin America and the Caribbean, this paper offers some opportunities for renewing and revitalizing SSR. The emphasis of citizen security interventions on multiple forms of insecurity, data-driven and evidence-informed prevention, the promotion of social cohesion and efficacy and designing crime prevention into the social and built environment are all insights that can positively reinforce comprehensive SSR measures in the 21st century.