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Policing Insecurity
Police Reform, Security, and Human Rights in Latin America
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2009
Summary
Profound distrust commonly characterizes not only the relationship between citizens and state institutions, but also social, as well as inter- and intra-state relations. This impacts the effectiveness and quality of the service provided by state institutions. The degree to which police and judicial reforms are able to generate trust on these fronts is therefore an important yardstick to judge their relevance under varying circumstances of ''post-authoritarian rule'', but this question is largely ignored in the current literature on policing and reform. From this perspective, Policing Insecurity: Police Reform, Security, and Human Rights in Latin America suggests an agenda of future reforms for the region, drawing and building upon policing reform experiences throughout the Latin America, looking at issues such as impunity, professionalization, community policing, as well as accountability and training of the police.
By explicitly linking issues of state-social trust, democratic transition, human rights, and security, these case studies provide a basis for the wider discussion in the book about prerequisites for the success or failure of police reforms, thus adding to our empirical and theoretical knowledge in these areas and introducing an important dimension to the literature on police reform, security, and human rights.
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Copyright year
2009
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-3228-9
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-3230-2
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
262
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Preface No access
Chapter 01. Police Reform, Security, and Human Rights n Latin America: An Introduction No access Pages 1 - 20
Chapter 02. Recent Police Reform in Latin America No access Pages 21 - 46
Chapter 03. On the Long Road to Demilitarization and Professionalization of the Police in Brazil No access Pages 47 - 78
Chapter 04. Post-War Violence and Police Reform in Guatemala No access Pages 79 - 94
Chapter 05. International Police Assistance in Jamaica under Escalated Violence and Institutionalized Non-Integrity No access Pages 95 - 122
Chapter 06. Police Transformation and International Cooperation—The Jamaican Experience No access Pages 123 - 150
Chapter 07. Police and Judicial Reform in Chile No access Pages 151 - 168
Chapter 08. Police Reform in Argentina: Public Security versus Human Rights No access Pages 169 - 196
Chapter 09. Policing Insecurity and Police Reform in Mexico City and Beyond No access Pages 197 - 224
