Toward a society under law
Subtitle: citizens and their police in Latin America
By: edited by Joseph S. Tulchin and Meg Ruthenburg.
Contributors: Tulchin, Joseph S., 1939-; Ruthenburg, Meg.
Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press; Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780801885594; 9780801885587
Subjects: Community policing -- Latin America; Police -- Latin America; Crime prevention -- Latin America; Rule of law -- Latin America
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Toward a society under law / Joseph S. Tulchin and Meg Ruthenburg; title: The impact of community policing and police reform in Latin America / Hugo Frühling; title: Advocacy networks and police reform : assessing their impact / Claudio A. Fuentes; title: Crime and social policies in Latin American urban centers / Claudio C. Beato F.; title: Measuring the costs of crime and violence as an input to public policy : evidence from Mexico city / Graciela Teruel ... [et al.]; title: Paths toward police and judicial reform in Latin America / Paulo de Mesquita Neto; title: Police reform in Latin America : Brazil, Argentina, Brazil, and Chile / Heather H. Ward; title: Citizen participation and public security in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile : lessons from an initial experience / Catalina Smulovitz; title: Citizen security policy in Argentina : the national crime prevention plan / Alberto Föhrig, Julia S. Pomares, and Cecilia Gortari; title: Civilians oversight of security in Peru : the testimony of a participant / Carlos Basombrío Iglesias; title: Elements for a study of crime in Mexico City / Arturo Alvarado Mendoza; title: Conclusion : security and the rule of law in a democratic society / Joseph S. Tulchin and Meg Ruthenburg.