Crime continues to undermine the rule of law and democracy in Latin
America. The incidence and severity of crime reduce the community's
trust in police and in government, and many attempts to address the
crime problem have stalled.
Directly empowering citizens has, however, been a promising
avenue for change. Toward a Society under Law focuses on community
policing and on police reform.
The first part of the book covers general issues and themes,
with chapters on the impact of community policing, the role of
advocacy networks, urban social policies and crime, and the cost of
crime. The second part includes case studies of police reform,
community policing, Argentina's national plan for crime prevention,
and crime in Mexico City. Several contributions offer comparative
studies of several countries. The contributors include political
scientists and sociologists from Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Peru,
the United States, and the United Kingdom.
Toward a Society under Law is a product of an ongoing project of
the Latin American Program at the Woodrow Wilson International
Center for Scholars. It follows an earlier book, Crime and Violence
in Latin America: Citizen Security, Democracy, and the State,
edited by Hugo FrA1/4hling and Joseph S. Tulchin, with Heather A.
Golding, which was published in 2003.
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