RT Book
T1 Crime, violence and the state in Latin America
T2 Routledge studies in Latin American politics
A1 Rosen, Jonathan D. 1986-
A2 Kassab, Hanna Samir 1984-
LA English
PP New York London
PB Routledge
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1695579615
AB "In this succinct text, Jonathan D. Rosen and Hanna Samir Kassab explore the linkage between weak institutions and government policies designed to combat drug trafficking, organized crime, and violence in Latin America. Using quantitative analysis to examine criminal violence and publicly available survey data from The Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) to conduct regression analysis, individual case studies on Colombia, Mexico, El Salvador, and Nicaragua highlight the major challenges that governments face and how they have responded to various security issues. Rosen and Kassab later turn their attention to the role of external criminal actors in the region and offer policy recommendations, and lessons learned. Questions explored include: What are the major trends in organized crime in this country? How has organized crime evolved over time? Who are the major criminal actors? How has state fragility contributed to organized crime and violence (and vice versa)? What has been the government's response to drug trafficking and organized crime? Have such policies contributed to violence? Crime, Violence and the State in Latin America is suitable to both undergraduate and graduate courses in criminal justice, international relations, political science, comparative politics, international political economy, organized crime, drug trafficking, and violence"--
CN HV6453.L29
SN 9780367529468
SN 9780367529451
K1 Organized Crime : Latin America
K1 Violent Crime : Latin America
K1 Drug control : Latin America
K1 Internal Security : Latin America
K1 Failed States : Latin America
K1 Latin America : Politics and government : 21st century
K1 Lateinamerika : Organisiertes Verbrechen : Gewaltkriminalität : Drogenpolitik