Understanding support for Mano Dura strategies: Lessons from Brazil and Colombia

There are many scholarly works focusing on organized crime and violence in Latin America. Scholars have shown empirically that tough on crime strategies have had collateral damages and have not been effective. By conducting logistic regression models using individual country survey data, this work s...

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Main Author: Rosen, Jonathan D. (Author)
Contributors: Cutrona, Sebastián
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Trends in organized crime
Year: 2021, Volume: 24, Issue: 3, Pages: 324-342
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Public Opinion
Violence
Organized Crime
Mano dura
Colombia
Brazil
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Summary:There are many scholarly works focusing on organized crime and violence in Latin America. Scholars have shown empirically that tough on crime strategies have had collateral damages and have not been effective. By conducting logistic regression models using individual country survey data, this work seeks to analyze why tough on crime policies remain popular in some Latin American countries despite the decades of research criticizing these strategies. This article explores the cases of Colombia and Brazil, which have long histories of gang activity, organized crime, and violence. These countries also have elected presidential candidates who campaigned on iron fist strategies.
ISSN:1936-4830
DOI:10.1007/s12117-020-09396-6