02777nam 2200577 a 450 991081771250332120240418020015.00-268-07567-0(CKB)2560000000052314(SSID)ssj0000483626(PQKBManifestationID)11338872(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000483626(PQKBWorkID)10572628(PQKB)10722002(MiAaPQ)EBC3440994(OCoLC)694144476(MdBmJHUP)muse14861(Au-PeEL)EBL3440994(CaPaEBR)ebr10423319(EXLCZ)99256000000005231420090720d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrCriminality, public security, and the challenge to democracy in Latin America /edited by Marcelo Bergman and Laurence Whitehead1st ed.Notre Dame, Ind. University of Notre Dame Pressc2009xiv, 344 p. ill., mapsFrom the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies"Recent titles from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies"--P. facing t.p.0-268-02213-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- contents -- acronyms -- Introduction -- Trends in Criminality -- Regional Homicide Patterns in Brazil -- Citizen (In)Security in Chile, 1980-2007 -- Rising Crime in Mexico and Buenos Aires -- Police and Criminal Justice Reform -- La Mano Dura -- Public Opinion and the Police in Chile -- The Weaknesses of Public Security Forces in Mexico City -- The Pursuit of Efficiency and the Colombian Criminal Justice System -- Criminal Process Reform and Citizen Security -- Latin America's Prisons -- Citizen Security, Democratization, and the Rule of Law -- "Security Traps" and Democratic Governability in Latin America -- Citizen Insecurity and Democracy -- bibliography -- contributors -- index.The contributors to this book offer a collective assessment of some of the causes for the alarming rise in criminal activity in Latin America as new democratic regimes have taken root.Criminal statisticsLatin AmericaDemocracyLatin AmericaCriminal statisticsDemocracy364.98Bergman Marcelo864993Whitehead Laurence123938Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817712503321Criminality, public security, and the challenge to democracy in Latin America3920863UNINA