Concentrated Violence: The Influence of Criminal Activity and Governance on Prison Violence in Latin America

In this article, we explore patterns of prison violence in five Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, and Peru. Drawing on data from prisoner surveys conducted in 49 facilities with over 4,400 prisoners, we analyze the association between facility-level and individual-leve...

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Main Author: Peirce, Jennifer (Author)
Contributors: Fondevila, Gustavo
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: International criminal justice review
Year: 2020, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 99-130
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Latin American prisons
Deprivation theory
Importation theory
Prison governance
Prison violence
Protection rackets