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DIVEssays in collection argue that Latin American legal institutions were both mechanisms of social control and unique arenas for ordinary people to contest gov
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Crowning a decade of innovative efforts in the historical study of law and legal phenomena in the region, Crime and Punishment in Latin America offers a collect
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Rather than reducing criminality, prisons in Latin America drive crime by creating the conditions for its growth.
The Economics of Crime
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This title presents a survey of the crime problem in Latin America, which takes a very broad and appropriately reductionist approach to analyse the determinants
Violence and Crime in Latin America
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According to media reports, Latin America is one of the most violent regions in the world—a distinction it held throughout the twentieth century. The authors