Criminality, Public Security, and the Challenge to Democracy in Latin America

Contents

c on t e n t s Acronyms vii Introduction: Criminality and Citizen Security in Latin America 1 Marcelo Bergman and Laurence Whitehead part one Trends in Criminality chapter one Regional Homicide Patterns in Brazil 27 Claudio Chaves Beato and Frederico Couto Marinho chapter two Citizen (In)Security in Chile, 1980–2007: Issues, Trends, and Challenges 47 Lucía Dammert chapter three Rising Crime in Mexico and Buenos Aires: The Effects of Changes in Labor Markets and Community Breakdown 62 Marcelo Bergman part two Police and Criminal Justice System Reform chapter four La Mano Dura: Current Dilemmas in Latin American Police Reform 93 Mark Ungar chapter five Public Opinion and the Police in Chile 119 Hugo Frühling chapter six The Weaknesses of Public Security Forces in Mexico City 147 Elena Azaola chapter seven The Pursuit of Efficiency and the Colombian Criminal Justice System 173 Elvira María Restrepo chapter eight Criminal Process Reform and Citizen Security 203 Luis Pásara chapter nine Latin America’s Prisons: A Crisis of Criminal Policy and Democratic Rule 223 Mark Ungar and Ana Laura Magaloni part three Citizen Security, Democratization, and the Rule of Law chapter ten “Security Traps” and Democratic Governability in Latin America: Dynamics of Crime, Violence, Corruption, Regime, and State 251 John Bailey chapter eleven Citizen Insecurity and Democracy: Reflections on a Paradoxical Configuration 277 Laurence Whitehead Bibliography 315 Contributors 335 Index 339 vi Contents ...