Public security and police reform in the Americas / edited by John Bailey and Lucia Dammert. - 1 online resource (337 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-312) and index.

Public security and police reform in the Americas / John Bailey and Lucia Dammert -- Brazil's public-security plans / Emilio Enrique Dellasoppa and Zoraia Saint'Clair Branco -- Public-private partnerships for police reform in Brazil / Paulo de Mesquita Neto -- From public security to citizen security in Chile / Lucia Dammert -- The institutional identity of the carabineros de Chile / Azun Candina -- Armed conflict and public security in Colombia / Gonzalo de Francisco Z. -- Demilitarization in a war zone / Maria Victoria Llorente -- Security policies in El Salvador, 1992-2002 / Edgardo Alberto Amaya -- Violence, citizen insecurity, and elite maneuvering in El Salvador / Jose Miguel Cruz -- Public security and police reform in Mexico / Marcos Pablo Moloeznik -- Local responses to public insecurity in Mexico / Allison M. Rowland -- From law and order to homeland security in the United States / John Bailey -- Police-community conflict and crime prevention in Cincinnati, Ohio / John E. Eck and Jay Rothman -- Assessing responses to public insecurity in the Americas / John Bailey and Lucia Dammert.

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Police administration--Latin America.
Police administration--United States.
Police--Government policy--Latin America.
Police--Government policy--United States.
National security--Latin America.
National security--United States.
Democratization--Latin America.
Law reform--Latin America.


Latin America--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--Latin America.


Electronic books.

HV8160.5.A2 / P83 2006

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