Ungar, Mark, <br/><br/>
Policing Democracy :   Overcoming Obstacles to Citizen Security in Latin America /  
Mark Ungar. 
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<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-365) and index. 
<br/><br/>Realms of change and obstacles to citizen security reform -- Citizen security and democracy -- Honduras -- Bolivia -- Argentina -- Overcoming obstacles to reform. 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> Latin America's crime rates are astonishing by any standard--the region's homicide rate is the world's highest. This crisis continually traps governments between the need for comprehensive reform and the public demand for immediate action, usually meaning iron-fisted police tactics harking back to the repressive pre-1980s dictatorships. In Policing Democracy, Mark Ungar situates Latin America at a crossroads between its longstanding form of reactive policing and a problem-oriented approach based on prevention and citizen participation. Drawing on extensive case studies from Argentina, Bolivia, and Honduras, he reviews the full spectrum of areas needing reform: criminal law, policing, investigation, trial practices, and incarceration. Finally, Policing Democracy probes democratic politics, power relations, and regional disparities of security and reform to establish a framework for understanding the crisis and moving beyond it. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781421428147 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Violence--Prevention.--Latin America<br/>Violence--Latin America.<br/>Police--Latin America.<br/>Crime prevention--Citizen participation.--Latin America<br/>Internal security--Latin America.<br/>Crime prevention--Latin America.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books. 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV7434.L29  / U54 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.2/3098