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Crime and violence in Latin America

citizen security, democracy, and the state

ed. by Hugo Fruhling ; Joseph S. Tulchin ; Heather A. Golding

Buch

englisch

Tulchin, Joseph S. (Ed.) DNB
Fruhling, Hugo (Ed.) DNB
Golding, Heather A. (Ed.) DNB

Woodrow Wilson Center Press

Washington, D.C

2003

xii, 284 p.

978-0-8018-7384-3

includes index.

latin america
case study
violence
prevention
crime

Summary:

By virtually any standard of measurement, Latin America ranks as one of the most violent regions in the world. Violence and crime pose serious threats to the relatively fragile democracies of Latin America and the Caribbean. This volume offers timely discussion by attorneys, government officials, policy analysts, and academics from the United States and Latin America of the responses of the state, civil society, and the international community to these threats. Because the experiences of the countries in the region vary greatly, the book focuses on citizen security from a variety of perspectives. The first part examines the predominant themes of citizen security, which include efforts to reform the criminal justice system, separate the police from the military, create public and social policies decreasing violence, and raise money to finance such efforts. The second part presents case studies exploring experiences in Argentina, Peru, Brazil, Central America, and the Caribbean. In the final part, the editors offer specific policy recommendations based on the foregoing analyses. This book contributes the most detailed discussion of reform efforts to date, with special attention to police-community partnerships and police professionalization programs. Although complete evaluation of these relatively new programs is impossible, the contributors discuss lessons thus far and offer recommendations for governments, civil society, and the international community. Policy makers, analysts, and students of public policy, sociology, Latin American studies, and law will benefit from this book. Contributors: Carlos Basombr o, Mayra Buvinic, Paul Chevigny, Laura Chinchilla, Mauricio Duce, H. Hugo Fr hling, Heather A. Golding, Adriana Loche, Anthony P. Maingot, Andrew Morrison, Paulo de Mesquita Neto, Rogelio P rez Perdomo, Michael Shifter, Catalina Smulovitz, and Joseph S. Tulchin.
Table of contents for Crime and violence in Latin America : citizen security, democracy, and the state / edited by Hugo Frühling and Joseph S. Tulchin with Heather A. Golding.





Contents:
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Preface1. Introduction: Citizen Security in Regional Perspective

Joseph S. Tulchin and Heather A. Golding PART I. Issues and Themes2. Police Reform and the Process of Democratization

Hugo Fr?hling3. The Control of Police Misconduct in the Americas

Paul Chevigny4. Citizen Security and Reform of the Criminal Justice System in Latin America

Mauricio Duce and Rogelio P?rez Perdomo5. The Violent Americas: Risk Factors, Consequences, and Policy Implications of Social and Domestic Violence

Andrew Morrson, Mayra Buvinic, and Michael Shifter PART II. Case Studies6. Citizen Insecurity and Fear: Public and Private Responses in Argentina

Catalina Smulovitz7. The Militarization of Public Security in Peru

Carlos Basombr?o8. Police-Community Partnerships in Brazil

Paulo de Mesquita Neto and Adriana Loche9. Experiences with Citizen Participation in Crime Prevention in Central America

Laura Chinchilla10. Internationalized Crime and the Vulnerability of Small States in the Caribbean

Anthony P. Maingot PART III. Conclusions and Recommendations11. Looing Ahead: Steps to Reduce Crime and Violence in the Americas

Joseph S. Tulchin and Heather A. GoldingContributors

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