Author : Uwe Ewald
Publisher : Forum Verlag Godesberg
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 21,14 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783927066830
Author : Guillermo Trejo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 30,78 MB
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1108899900
One of the most surprising developments in Mexico's transition to democracy is the outbreak of criminal wars and large-scale criminal violence. Why did Mexican drug cartels go to war as the country transitioned away from one-party rule? And why have criminal wars proliferated as democracy has consolidated and elections have become more competitive subnationally? In Votes, Drugs, and Violence, Guillermo Trejo and Sandra Ley develop a political theory of criminal violence in weak democracies that elucidates how democratic politics and the fragmentation of power fundamentally shape cartels' incentives for war and peace. Drawing on in-depth case studies and statistical analysis spanning more than two decades and multiple levels of government, Trejo and Ley show that electoral competition and partisan conflict were key drivers of the outbreak of Mexico's crime wars, the intensification of violence, and the expansion of war and violence to the spheres of local politics and civil society.
Author : Tim Hope
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 38,90 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780415243445
Just what is the "fear of crime" and how does it impact upon the lives of the citizens of late modern societies? This book presents work on the questions of fear, anxiety, risk and trust - both as problems of everyday living and as key themes in the culture and politics of western societies.
Author : Alenka Šelih
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 25,98 MB
Release : 2012-04-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 146143517X
Full-scale political change affects every level of a society, but perhaps nowhere as strikingly as in the areas of crime policy and law enforcement. Over the past two decades, the European nations that have moved from totalitarianism toward democracy have come to embody this trend, yet reliable sources on crime and law enforcement in these countries have not been readily accessible to the West. Representing viewpoints seldom available to outsiders, the contributors to Crime and Transition in Central and Eastern Europe analyze changes in criminal activities and crime control strategies in the region, explain the political background underlying these developments, and assess their long-term social impact. Experts from Slovenia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina discuss the politicization of crime, the ongoing paradoxes regarding civil liberties, and the future of crime policy in comparative and country-specific terms. Among the topics featured in the book: Crime and crime control in transitional countries, politics, the media, and public perception of crime, surveillance: from national security to private industry, penal policy and political change, emerging trends: economic and organized crime, human trafficking, juvenile delinquency, new perspectives on corruption in the region. With this fascinating insight, Crime and Transition in Central and Eastern Europe is a singular reference for researchers and policymakers in criminology and political science, and historians with a special interest in European affairs and policy.
Author : Carol J. Greenhouse
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 37,1 MB
Release : 2002-03-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780822328483
DIVCollection of anthropological essays studying radical social transformation--including violence--and its effects on the everyday lives of people in a variety of world regions./div
Author : Ezzat A. Fattah
Publisher : Springer
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 39,65 MB
Release : 1997-10-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1349258385
Written by an internationally renowned authority in the field, the founder of the highly regarded School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University, the book draws heavily on research done on three Continents: North America, Europe and Australia, to trace the discipline's historical evolution, its current problems, disappointing achievements, and promising trends. It concludes with a prospective look at the future of criminology and criminology of the future. Although the perspective is critical, the author's critique is constructive and he expresses a healthy optimism about the discipline's future and offers several guidelines as to how current deficiencies could be remedied and present gaps could be addressed.
Author : Yanilda María González
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 14,31 MB
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1108900380
In countries around the world, from the United States to the Philippines to Chile, police forces are at the center of social unrest and debates about democracy and rule of law. This book examines the persistence of authoritarian policing in Latin America to explain why police violence and malfeasance remain pervasive decades after democratization. It also examines the conditions under which reform can occur. Drawing on rich comparative analysis and evidence from Brazil, Argentina, and Colombia, the book opens up the 'black box' of police bureaucracies to show how police forces exert power and cultivate relationships with politicians, as well as how social inequality impedes change. González shows that authoritarian policing persists not in spite of democracy but in part because of democratic processes and public demand. When societal preferences over the distribution of security and coercion are fragmented along existing social cleavages, politicians possess few incentives to enact reform.
Author : Rob Watts
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 44,36 MB
Release : 2008-02-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 1134083343
This book is the first comprehensive introduction to international criminology. It provides a genuinely international view of the discipline, drawing on important schools of thought, examples and analysis from the UK, EU, USA, Canada and Australia.
Author : Howard J. De Nike
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,64 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Ethnological jurisprudence
ISBN : 9783930982189
Author : Stanley Cohen
Publisher : Polity
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 26,66 MB
Release : 1991-01-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780745600215
Visions of Social Control is a wide ranging analysis of recent shifts in ideas and practices for dealing with crime and delinquency. In Great Britain, North America and Western Europe, the 1960's saw new theories and styles of social control which seemed to undermine the whole basis of the established system. Such slogans as 'decarceration' and 'division' radically changed the dominance of the prison, the power of professionals and the crime-control system itself. Stanley Cohen traces the historical roots of these apparent changes and reforms, demonstrates in detail their often paradoxical results and speculates on the whole future of social control in Western societies. He has produced an entirely original synthesis of the original literature as well as an introductory guide to the major theoreticians of social control, such as David Rothman and Michael Foucault. This is not just a book for the specialist in criminology, social problems and the sociology of deviance but raises a whole range of issues of much wider interest to the social sciences. A concluding chapter on the practical and policy implications of the analysis is of special relevance to social workers and other practitioners. This is an indispensable book for anyone who wants to make sense of the bewildering recent shifts in ideology and policy towards crime - and to understand the broader sociological implications of the study of social control.
