Screen LibraryVoices of crime : constructing and contesting social control in modern Latin America /
"The book is a collection of essays looking at histories of crime and justice in Latin America, with a focus on social history and the interactions between state institutions, the press, and social groups. It argues that crime in Latin America is best understood from the "bottom up"--...
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| Published: |
The University of Arizona Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Tucson : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"The book is a collection of essays looking at histories of crime and justice in Latin America, with a focus on social history and the interactions between state institutions, the press, and social groups. It argues that crime in Latin America is best understood from the "bottom up"--Not just as the exercise of power from the state. The book seeks to document and illustrate the "every day" experiences of crime in particular settings, emphasizing under-researched historical actors such as criminals, victims, and police officers"--Provided by publisher. |
| Carrier Form: | xi, 267 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-255) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780816533046 (hardback : alkaline paper) : 0816533040 (hardback : alkaline paper) |
| Index Number: | HV6810 |
| CLC: | D973.061-09 |
| Call Number: | D973.061-09/V889 |
| Contents: | Introduction : Studying the construction, negotiation, and repression of crime / Luz E. Huertas, Bonnie A. Lucero, and Gregory J. Swedberg -- Part 1. Constructing criminality: otherness in the discourses and policies on order and progress : Traveling criminals and transnational police cooperation in South America, 1890-1920 / Diego Galeano -- Imagining criminality: race, identity, and crime in Peru, 1890s-1930s / Luz E. Huertas -- Police imagination: the construction of drug users and drug trafficking in Chile, 1900-1950 / Marcos Fernández Labbé -- Between fiction and reality: policiales |