| Description |
1 online resource (1 PDF (xxiv, 389 pages)) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Realms of change and obstacles to citizen security reform -- Citizen security and democracy -- Honduras -- Bolivia -- Argentina -- Overcoming obstacles to reform |
| Summary |
Latin 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-365) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Violence -- Latin America -- Prevention
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Violence -- Latin America
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Police -- Latin America
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Crime prevention -- Latin America -- Citizen participation
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Internal security -- Latin America
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Crime prevention -- Latin America
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Crime prevention.
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Crime prevention -- Citizen participation.
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Internal security.
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Police.
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Violence.
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Violence -- Prevention.
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Latin America.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781421428147 |
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1421428148 |
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