More Money, More Crime: Prosperity and Rising Crime in Latin America

ISBN-13: 9780190608774 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 408 str.

Marcelo Bergman

Opis

Drawing on original data from surveys across Latin America, this book develops a new, compelling theory on the rise of crime in Latin America. It evaluates the economic underpinnings of the upsurge in property crime, drug trafficking, and violence in the midst of economic prosperity and democratization.

Recenzje

This book is now an unavoidable reference for those interested in unravelling the paradoxical coexistence of economic growth, democratization, and increasing crime.

O autorze

Marcelo Bergman is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Latin American Studies on Insecurity and Violence at Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero in Buenos Aires, Argentina.