Policing Democracy Overcoming Obstacles to Citizen Security in Latin America
2011 Winner of the Charles H. Levine Memorial Book Prize of the International Political Science AssociationLatin America's crime rates are astonishing by any standard-the region's homicide rate is the world's highest. This crisis continually traps governments between the need for comp...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
2011
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| Summary: | 2011 Winner of the Charles H. Levine Memorial Book Prize of the International Political Science AssociationLatin America's crime rates are astonishing by any standard-the region's homicide rate is the world's highest. This crisis continually traps governments between the need for comprehensive reform and the public demand for immediate action, usually meaning iron-fisted police tactics harking back to the repressive pre-1980s dictatorships. In Policing Democracy, Mark Ungar situates Latin America at a crossroads between its longstanding form of reactive policing and a problem-oriented approach based on prevention and citizen participation. Drawing on extensive case studies from Argentina, Bolivia, and Honduras, he reviews the full spectrum of areas needing reform: criminal law, policing, investigation, trial practices, and incarceration. Finally, Policing Democracy probes democratic politics, power relations, and regional disparities of security and reform to establish a framework for understanding the crisis and moving beyond it. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (416 p.) |
| ISBN: | book.60322 9781421428147 |
| Access: | Open Access |