Encounters with Violence in Latin America: Urban Poor Perceptions from Colombia and Guatemala

by Caroline O.N. Moser and Cathy McIlwaine

Book Overview

Latin America is both the world's most urbanized fastest developing regions, where the links between social exclusion, inequality and violence are clearly visible. The banal, ubiquitous nature of drug crime, robbery, gang and intra-family violence destabilizes countries' economies and harms their people and social structures.
Encounters with Violence & Crime in Latin America explores the meaning of violence and insecurity in nine towns and cities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415258642
• ISBN13: 9780415258647
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"