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Criminality, Public Security, and the Challenge to Democracy in Latin America

Criminality, Public Security, and the Challenge to Democracy in Latin America

Bergman, Marcelo

Paperback

Series: Kellogg Institute Democracy and Development

General Latin American HistoryGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0268022135
ISBN13: 9780268022136
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: Sep 15 2009
Pages: 360
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

As new democratic regimes take root in Latin America, two of the most striking developments have been a dramatic rise in crime rates and increased perception of insecurity among its citizens. The contributors to this book offer a collective assessment of some of the causes for the alarming rise in criminal activity in the region. They also explore the institutional obstacles that states confront in the effort to curb criminality and build a fairer and more efficient criminal justice system; the connections between those obstacles and larger sociopolitical patterns; and the challenges that those patterns present for the consolidation of democracy in the region. The chapters offer both close studies of restricted regions in Latin America and broader examinations of the region as a whole.

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