Crime, Violence, and Justice in Latin America

ISBN-13: 9781032206844 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 312 str.

Opis

This book asks why crime and violence persist in Latin America on these extreme levels and why the states have not been able to more effectively solve this problem that dominates the lives of many millions of Latin Americans.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Crime, Violence, and Justice in Latin America  Part 1. Logics of Crime  2. Reflections on Youth, Norms, and Violence in Colombia’s Criminal Underworld  3. Gangs and Criminal Governance in El Salvador  Part 2: Geographies of Violence: Urban and Rural Scenarios  4. The War on Criminality in Rio de Janeiro: Pacifying Unruly Territories?  5. Micro-dynamics and Political Economy of the Criminal War in Tierra Caliente, Mexico  6. Organized Crime and Political Mobilization along Honduras’ Drug Routes  Part 3: Circulation of Policy Knowledge  7. Experts, Elites, and the Making of Safe Cities in Guatemala  8. Why does Colombia Export Security Expertise? Security Cooperation Between Status and Bureaucracy  9. Sí Ex-Militares, No Ex-Policías: Military Fetishism in Mexico’s Private Security Industry  Part 4: Criminal Justice and Homicide Investigation  10. Between Delegation and Strategic Defection: Police, the Judiciary, and the Politics of Criminal Investigation in Argentina  11. On Homicide Rates: Sketching an Analytical Framework from the Brazilian Case  12. CSI in the Tropics: Evaluating Team Coordination for Homicide Investigation in Bogotá, Colombia  13. Final Remarks: Security in Latin America post COVID-19