Fear and Crime in Latin America: Redefining State-Society Relations

by Lucía Dammert

Book Overview

The feeling of insecurity is a little known phenomenon that has been only partially explored by social sciences. However, it has a deep social, cultural and economic impact and may even contribute to define the very structures of the state. In Latin America, fear of crime has become an important stumbling block in the region's process of democratization. After long spells of dictatorships and civil wars, violence in the region was supposed to be...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138849022
• ISBN13: 9781138849020
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"