Solar, Carlos and Pérez Ricart, Carlos A (2022) Crime, Violence, and Justice in Latin America. Routledge, pp. 1-270. ISBN 9781032206844. Official URL: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003265672
Solar, Carlos and Pérez Ricart, Carlos A (2022) Crime, Violence, and Justice in Latin America. Routledge, pp. 1-270. ISBN 9781032206844. Official URL: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003265672
Solar, Carlos and Pérez Ricart, Carlos A (2022) Crime, Violence, and Justice in Latin America. Routledge, pp. 1-270. ISBN 9781032206844. Official URL: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003265672
Abstract
This book asks why crime and violence persist in Latin America at 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. Informed by diverse disciplinary backgrounds, the book brings together a team of regional experts to discuss research-based explanations of some of Latin America's most pressing criminal and violent issues distressing the rule of law. First, it examines old and new forms of observing crime upon perpetrators and victimized communities. Second, it explores the geographies of urban and rural violence and the entangled politics following organized criminality. Third, it questions how the transfer of policy knowledge and expertise reshapes local security governance, and, more importantly, critically examines the problems in implementing foreign models and paradigms in the Latin American context. Finally, it exposes the ever-changing scenario of policy-making and prosecuting crime and homicide. Crime, Violence, and Justice in Latin America provides new themes and novel trends on what crime and violence mean in the eyes of observers, perpetrators, policymakers, governmental officials, and victims. It is an important acquisition for policymakers and academics alike.
Item Type: | Book |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology and Criminology, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 22 Feb 2024 12:24 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 21:36 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/37668 |