Crime and Violence in Latin America: Citizen Security, Democracy and the State
Violence and crime pose serious threats to the relatively fragile democracies of the region. This volume offers timely discussion by attorneys, government officials, policy analysts, and academics of the responses of the major actors in Latin America and the world to these threats. The book focuses on citizen security from a variety of perspectives, examining case studies and offering policy recommendations based on the foregoing analyses.Order this book from Johns Hopkins University Press.
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Director of the Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Chile
Latin America Program
浪花直播鈥檚 prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the 浪花直播 Center鈥檚 strength as the nation鈥檚 key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action. Read more
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