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Leading scholars and policy analysts from around the Americas come
together to untangle the factors that have fuelled the
implementation of mano dura politics, their rising popularity, and
impacts across nine widely heterogeneous countries in Latin
America. Beginning with a discussion on the concept of mano dura,
the editors move to survey various theoretical approaches to
punitivism, and later review of the empirical research evaluating
different drivers behind the adoption of tough on crime policies.
Since hard-line initiatives often have consequences beyond the
general goal of reducing violence, they then analyze the impacts of
these policing strategies on crime rates and different democratic
institutions. Country chapters on Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras,
Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, and Argentina follow
a common thematic structure to answer the following questions: What
are some of the trends in gangs, organized crime, and violence? How
have governments responded to combat crime and violence? What
factors have fuelled the implementation of mano dura policies? Why
are mano dura policies popular? What have the consequences of these
policies been? Mano Dura Policies in Latin America is essential
reading to students of Latin American studies, political science,
public policy, and criminal justice. It will also interest scholars
working on drug trafficking, organized crime, and violence in Latin
America.
In this succinct text, Jonathan D. Rosen and Hanna Samir Kassab
explore the linkage between weak institutions and government
policies designed to combat drug trafficking, organized crime, and
violence in Latin America. Using quantitative analysis to examine
criminal violence and publicly available survey data from the Latin
American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) to conduct regression
analysis, individual case studies on Colombia, Mexico, El Salvador,
and Nicaragua highlight the major challenges that governments face
and how they have responded to various security issues. Rosen and
Kassab later turn their attention to the role of external criminal
actors in the region and offer policy recommendations and lessons
learned. Questions explored include: What are the major trends in
organized crime in this country? How has organized crime evolved
over time? Who are the major criminal actors? How has state
fragility contributed to organized crime and violence (and vice
versa)? What has been the government's response to drug trafficking
and organized crime? Have such policies contributed to violence?
Crime, Violence and the State in Latin America is suitable to both
undergraduate and graduate courses in criminal justice,
international relations, political science, comparative politics,
international political economy, organized crime, drug trafficking,
and violence.
In this succinct text, Jonathan D. Rosen and Hanna Samir Kassab
explore the linkage between weak institutions and government
policies designed to combat drug trafficking, organized crime, and
violence in Latin America. Using quantitative analysis to examine
criminal violence and publicly available survey data from the Latin
American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) to conduct regression
analysis, individual case studies on Colombia, Mexico, El Salvador,
and Nicaragua highlight the major challenges that governments face
and how they have responded to various security issues. Rosen and
Kassab later turn their attention to the role of external criminal
actors in the region and offer policy recommendations and lessons
learned. Questions explored include: What are the major trends in
organized crime in this country? How has organized crime evolved
over time? Who are the major criminal actors? How has state
fragility contributed to organized crime and violence (and vice
versa)? What has been the government's response to drug trafficking
and organized crime? Have such policies contributed to violence?
Crime, Violence and the State in Latin America is suitable to both
undergraduate and graduate courses in criminal justice,
international relations, political science, comparative politics,
international political economy, organized crime, drug trafficking,
and violence.
This book examines the U.S. war on drugs at home and abroad. It
provides a brief history of the war on drugs. In addition, it
analyzes drug trafficking and organized crime in Colombia and
Mexico, and the role of the United States government in
counternarcotics policies. This work also examines the opioid
epidemic, addiction, and alternative policies.
War, nuclear weapons, and terrorism are all major threats to US
security, but a new set of emerging threats are challenging the
current threat response apparatus and our ability to come up with
creative and effective solutions. This book considers new,
'non-traditional' security issues such as: transnational organized
crime, immigration and border security, cybersecurity, countering
violent extremism and terrorism, environmental and energy security,
as well as the rise of external actors. The work examines the major
challenges and trends in security and explores the policy responses
of the U.S. government. By using international relations theory as
an analytical approach, Fonseca and Rosen present how these
security threats have evolved over time.
War, nuclear weapons, and terrorism are all major threats to US
security, but a new set of emerging threats are challenging the
current threat response apparatus and our ability to come up with
creative and effective solutions. This book considers new,
'non-traditional' security issues such as: transnational organized
crime, immigration and border security, cybersecurity, countering
violent extremism and terrorism, environmental and energy security,
as well as the rise of external actors. The work examines the major
challenges and trends in security and explores the policy responses
of the U.S. government. By using international relations theory as
an analytical approach, Fonseca and Rosen present how these
security threats have evolved over time.
The US-led war on drugs has failed: drugs remain purer, cheaper and
more readily available than ever. Extreme levels of violence have
also grown as drug traffickers and organized criminals compete for
control of territory. This book points towards a number of crucial
challenges, policy solutions and alternatives to the current drug
strategies.
One of the subjects of deepest and most enduring interest to Henry
James was the creative experience of writers and critics. This
study examines James's fictions about this experience, placing them
within the context of James's critical work and enabling the reader
to see this body of work as James himself did: as a coherent,
extended portrayal of the creative experience of the writer-critic.
This book explores global drug trafficking networks' impact on
international security and provides an in-depth analysis of drug
trafficking networks globally by integrating international
relations and security studies theories. The book acts as a primer,
simplifying the complicated world of narcotics and insecurity,
while also providing policy recommendations for policy-makers
hoping to reduce the power of organized criminal and terrorist
networks globally. It will be of interest to undergraduate and
postgraduates taking courses in International Relations, Global
Politics, Defense Studies, Security Studies, and International
Political Economy, as well as Criminal Justice, Sociology, and
other social science disciplines that cover issues related to drug
trafficking, organized crime, and violence.
This book explains the existence of illicit markets throughout
human history and provides recommendations to governments.
Organized criminal networks increased in strength after the
enforcement of prohibition, eventually challenging the authority of
the state and its institutions through corruption and violence.
Criminal networks now organize under cyber-infrastructure, what we
call the Deep or Dark Web. The authors analyze how illicit markets
come together, issues of destabilization and international
security, the effect of legitimate enterprises crowded out of
developing countries, and ultimately, illicit markets' cost to
human life.
This book examines the relationship between state fragility and
corruption. It analyzes a variety of regions throughout the world,
including Latin America, Central Asia and the Middle East, Africa,
Central America and Mexico, South America, and Russia. States that
are plagued by high levels of state fragility and corruption
facilitate illicit activities and other criminal enterprises.
This book explains the existence of illicit markets throughout
human history and provides recommendations to governments.
Organized criminal networks increased in strength after the
enforcement of prohibition, eventually challenging the authority of
the state and its institutions through corruption and violence.
Criminal networks now organize under cyber-infrastructure, what we
call the Deep or Dark Web. The authors analyze how illicit markets
come together, issues of destabilization and international
security, the effect of legitimate enterprises crowded out of
developing countries, and ultimately, illicit markets' cost to
human life.
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This book examines the nature of transnational organized crime and
gangs, and how these diverse organizations contribute to violence,
especially in so-called fragile states across Central and Latin
America. While the nature of organized crime and violence differs
depending on the context, the authors explain how and why states
plagued by weak institutions tend to foster criminal organizations
and violence, and why counter-crime initiatives often result in
higher levels of violence. By examining the consequences of tough
on crime policies (e.g., mano dura) in places like Mexico, El
Salvador, and Colombia, the volume offers a new perspective on the
link between state fragility, crime, and violence.
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