Citizens of Fear: Urban Violence in Latin America

by Jorge Balán

Citizens in Latin American cities live in constant fear, amidst some of the most dangerous conditions on earth. In that vast region, 140 thousand people die violently each year, and one out of three citizens have been directly or indirectly victimized by violence. In Venezuela, adults are on average targets of crime seventeen crimes in their lifetimes, four of which are violent. In Mexico, 97 percent of all reported crimes go unpunished. Crime, in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813530342
• ISBN13: 9780813530345
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.