Policing Democracy : Overcoming Obstacles to Citizen Security in Latin America / Mark Ungar.

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Ungar, Mark [author.]

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TextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2011]Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2018Copyright date: ©[2011]Description: 1 online resource (416 pages): illustrations, mapsContent type:

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computer

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online resource

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9781421428147

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363.2/3098 22

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HV7434.L29 U54 2011

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Realms of change and obstacles to citizen security reform -- Citizen security and democracy -- Honduras -- Bolivia -- Argentina -- Overcoming obstacles to reform.

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-365) and index.

Realms of change and obstacles to citizen security reform -- Citizen security and democracy -- Honduras -- Bolivia -- Argentina -- Overcoming obstacles to reform.

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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.

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