Contents:Figures and Tables Preface1. Introduction: Citizen Security in Regional Perspective Joseph S. Tulchin and Heather A. Golding PART I. Issues and Themes2. Police Reform and the Process of Democratization Hugo Fruhling3. The Control of Police Misconduct in the Americas Paul Chevigny4. Citizen Security and Reform of the Criminal Justice System in Latin America Mauricio Duce and Rogelio Perez Perdomo5. The Violent Americas: Risk Factors, Consequences, and Policy Implications of Social and Domestic Violence Andrew Morrson, Mayra Buvinic, and Michael Shifter PART II. Case Studies6. Citizen Insecurity and Fear: Public and Private Responses in Argentina Catalina Smulovitz7. The Militarization of Public Security in Peru Carlos Basombrio8. Police-Community Partnerships in Brazil Paulo de Mesquita Neto and Adriana Loche9. Experiences with Citizen Participation in Crime Prevention in Central America Laura Chinchilla10. Internationalized Crime and the Vulnerability of Small States in the Caribbean Anthony P. Maingot PART III. Conclusions and Recommendations11. Looing Ahead: Steps to Reduce Crime and Violence in the Americas Joseph S. Tulchin and Heather A. GoldingContributors Index
Joseph S. Tulchin is director of the Latin American Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. H. Hugo Fruhling is professor and research coordinator at the Political Science Institute, University of Chile, Santiago Heather A. Golding, until recently program associate at the Latin American Program, is a student at the University of Connecticut School of Law.
For anyone concerned about the future well-being of the region, Crime and Violence in Latin America should be a mandatory resource. -- Seth McClaskey Washington Report on the Hemisphere Addresses a major challenge to democracy that has, to date, been underresearched and underdocumented. -- David Scott Palmer Perspectives on Political Science A good detailed discussion of regional reform efforts that pays particular attention to police-community partnerships and police-professionalisation projects. British Bulletin of Publications on Latin America, the Caribbean, Portugal, and Spain
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