Description
Book SynopsisFinally, 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.
Trade Review"Very few scholars in the field have the grasp of recent changes in and problems of systems of citizen security in Latin America that this author has. His vision is comprehensive, extending from policing to the judiciary to the prison system." - Anthony W. Pereira, Tulane University"
Table of ContentsList of Figures, Maps, and Tables
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Realms of Change and Obstacles to Citizen Security Reform
Chapter 3. Citizen Security and Democracy
Chapter 4. Honduras
Chapter 5. Bolivia
Chapter 6. Argentina
Chapter 7. Overcoming Obstacles to Reform
Chapter 8. Conclusion
Appendix A: National Homicide Rates, 1995–2009
Appendix B: Citizen Security Structures and Police Ranks
Glossary
References
Index
