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The state on the streets : police and politics in Argentina and Brazil / Mercedes S. Hinton.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2006Description: 1 online resource (x, 235 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781626371439 (electronic bk.)
  • 1626371431 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: State on the streetsDDC classification:
  • 363.20981 22
LOC classification:
  • HV8178 .H56 2006eb
Other classification:
  • 88.17
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: policing in Latin America -- Argentina -- The rise of insecurity -- Policing in the seat of power -- Reform the Argentine way -- Overriding threats and priorities? -- The Argentine political game -- Brazil -- The spillover of crime -- Policing the marvelous city -- Reform the Brazilian way -- Threats and priorities -- The Brazilian political game -- Conclusion -- Democratic policing: a distant reality? -- Methodological appendix -- List of acronyms and abbreviations.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-226) and index.

Introduction: policing in Latin America -- Argentina -- The rise of insecurity -- Policing in the seat of power -- Reform the Argentine way -- Overriding threats and priorities? -- The Argentine political game -- Brazil -- The spillover of crime -- Policing the marvelous city -- Reform the Brazilian way -- Threats and priorities -- The Brazilian political game -- Conclusion -- Democratic policing: a distant reality? -- Methodological appendix -- List of acronyms and abbreviations.

Description based on print version record.

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