{"product_id":"city-of-suspects-crime-in-mexico-city-19001931-9780822327479","title":"City of Suspects  Crime in Mexico City 19001931","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn analysis of the complex moral interpretations crime was given by Mexico's urban poor and of the evolving institutional responses to crime and punishment in modern Mexico.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eCity of Suspects\u003c\/i\u003e offers a perceptive and original analysis of crime and punishment in early twentieth-century Mexico City. Spanning the authoritarian twilight of the Porfiriato, the violent catharsis of the Revolution,and the flawed social reformism of the 1920s, it roams the streets and households, barrios and penitentiaries of the city,exploring changing state policy and social mores, while illuminating concerns—crime, policing, moral panics—which are as relevant today as they were a century ago.”—Alan Knight, Oxford University\u003cbr\u003e“An important, accessible book on a difficult and significant subject. \u003ci\u003eCity of Suspects\u003c\/i\u003e will be warmly appreciated by historians of modern Mexico and historically-minded sociologists and political scientists who sympathize with Piccato’s ambition to keep crime and the state within the same field of inquiry.”—\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eWilliam B. Taylor, University of California, Berkeley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e I. The Context 13\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Modern City 17\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Policed City 34\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Construction of Mexican Criminology 50\u003cbr\u003e II. The Practices 73\u003cbr\u003e 4. Honor and Violent Crime 77\u003cbr\u003e 5. Violence Against Women 103\u003cbr\u003e 6. Money, Crime, and Social Reactions to Larceny 132\u003cbr\u003e III. The Consequences 161\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Invention of \u003ci\u003eRateros\u003c\/i\u003e 163\u003cbr\u003e 8. Penal Experience in Mexico City 189\u003cbr\u003e Conclusions: Crime Contested 211\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Statistics of Crime 221\u003cbr\u003e Notes 237\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 319\u003cbr\u003e Index 349","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406028185943,"sku":"9780822327479","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822327479.jpg?v=1730494295","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/city-of-suspects-crime-in-mexico-city-19001931-9780822327479","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}