LEADER 03089nam 2200553zu 450 001 9910345104603321 005 20210803235310.0 035 $a(CKB)3860000000009877 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001115431 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12400714 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001115431 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11083732 035 $a(PQKB)10463879 035 $a(EXLCZ)993860000000009877 100 $a20160829d2010 uy 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCrime, violence, and the crisis in Guatemala : a case study in the erosion of the state 210 31$a[Place of publication not identified]$cStrategic Studies Institute U S Army War College$d2010 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-58487-442-2 327 $aThe regional context : organized crime and irregular warfare in Latin America -- The crisis in Guatemala : origins, characteristics, and effects -- International drug traffickers -- Hidden powers -- Pandillas and Maras -- Violence, corruption, and the erosion of the state -- Policy implications. 330 $aGuatemala is currently experiencing a full-blown crisis of the democratic state. An unholy trinity of criminal elements: international drug traffickers, domestically based organized crime syndicates, and youth gangs, is effectively waging a form of irregular warfare against government institutions, with devastating consequences. The police, the judiciary, and entire local and departmental governments are rife with criminal infiltrators; murder statistics have surpassed civil-war levels in recent years; criminal operatives brazenly assassinate government officials and troublesome members of the political class; and broad swaths of territory are now effectively under the control of criminal groups. Guatemala's weak institutions have been unable to contain this violence, leading to growing civic disillusion and causing a marked erosion in the authority and legitimacy of the government.--$cSummary from book. 606 $aOrganized crime$zGuatemala 606 $aGangs$zGuatemala 606 $aDrug traffic$zGuatemala 606 $aPolitical stability$zGuatemala 606 $aSocial Welfare & Social Work$2HILCC 606 $aSocial Sciences$2HILCC 606 $aCriminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency$2HILCC 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zGuatemala 607 $aGuatemala$xForeign relations$zUnited States 615 0$aOrganized crime 615 0$aGangs 615 0$aDrug traffic 615 0$aPolitical stability 615 7$aSocial Welfare & Social Work 615 7$aSocial Sciences 615 7$aCriminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency 676 $a364.1/06097281 700 $aBrands$b Hal$0946143 712 02$aArmy War College (U.S.) Strategic Studies Institute, 801 0$bPQKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910345104603321 996 $aCrime, violence, and the crisis in Guatemala : a case study in the erosion of the state$92564191 997 $aUNINA