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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Autor principal: Peirce, Jennifer (Autor)
Otros Autores: Fondevila, Gustavo
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2020
En: International criminal justice review
Año: 2020, Volumen: 30, Número: 1, Páginas: 99-130
Acceso en línea: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Palabras clave:
Latin American prisons
Deprivation theory
Importation theory
Prison governance
Prison violence
Protection rackets