Criminality, public security, and the challenge to democracy in Latin America / / edited by Marcelo Bergman and Laurence Whitehead

• Pubblicazione: Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xiv, 344 p. : ill., maps
• Disciplina: 364.98
• Soggetto topico: Criminal statistics - Latin America; Democracy - Latin America
• Altri autori: BergmanMarcelo WhiteheadLaurence
• Note generali: "Recent titles from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies"--P. facing t.p.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Criminality, public security, and the challenge to democracy in Latin America
• ISBN: 9780268075675; 0268075670
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910973622303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II