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Violence and Resilience in Latin American Cities (Paperback)
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Violence and Resilience in Latin American Cities (Paperback)
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Why are Latin American cities amongst the most violent in the
world? Over the past decades Latin America has not only become the
most urbanised of the regions of the so-called global South, it has
also been the scene of the urbanisation of poverty and exclusion.
Overall regional homicides rates are the highest in the world, a
fact closely related to the spread and use of firearms by male
youths, who are frequently involved in local and translocal forms
of organised crime. In response, governments and law enforcements
agencies have been facing mounting pressure to address violence
through repressive strategies, which in turn has led to a number of
consequences: law enforcement is often based on excessive violence
and the victimisation of entire marginal populations. Thus, the
dynamics of violence have generated a widespread perception of
insecurity and fear. Featuring much original fieldwork across a
broad array of case studies, this cutting edge volume focuses on
questions not only of crime, insecurity and violence but also of
Latin American cities' ability to respond to these problems in
creative and productive ways.
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