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Tough on Crime: The Rise of Punitive Populism in Latin America

Tough on Crime: The Rise of Punitive Populism in Latin America

Bonner, Michelle

Hardcover

Series: Pitt Latin American

CriminologyGeneral Latin American History

ISBN10: 0822945827
ISBN13: 9780822945826
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: Sep 17 2019
Pages: 220
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
Crime and insecurity are top public policy concerns in Latin America. Political leaders offer tough-on-crime solutions that include increased policing and punishments, and decreased civilian oversight. These solutions, while apparently supported by public opinion, sit in opposition to both criminological research on crime control and human rights commitments. Moreover, many political and civil society actors disagree with such rhetoric and policies. In Tough on Crime, Bonner explores why some voices and some constructions of public opinion come to dominate public debate. Drawing on a comparative analysis of Argentina and Chile, based on over 190 in-depth interviews, and engaging the Euro-American literature on punitive populism, this book argues that a neoliberal media system and the resulting everyday practices used by journalists, state, and civil actors are central to explaining the dominance of tough-on-crime discourse.

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