Introduction, by Jonathan D. Rosen and Hanna S. Kassab
Chapter 1: Violence and Security in Argentina: Major Trends and
Policy Responses, by Sebastián A. Cutrona
Chapter 2: Brazil: Violence and Public (un)Safety, by Thiago
Rodrigues, Mariana Kalil, and Acácio Augusto
Chapter 3: Spectacular (In)Justice: Impunity and Communal Violence
in Bolivia, by Marten Brienen
Chapter 4: Violence in Peru, by Barnett S. Koven and Cynthia
McClintock
Chapter 5: Negotiating Peace and Strengthening the State: Reducing
Violence in Colombia, by Victor J. Hinojosa
Chapter 6: Violence: El Salvador’s ‘Ill-Structured’ Problem, by
Bradford R. McGuinn
Chapter 7: At a Crossroads: Can Guatemala Prevail in Fight against
Violence? by Adriana Beltrán
Chapter 8: Violence in Mexico: An Examination of the Major Trends
and Challenges, by Roberto Zepeda and Jonathan D. Rosen
Chapter 9: Violence in Haiti: History, Reforms, and Current Trends,
by Christa L. Remington
Chapter 10: Transnational Organized Crime and Violence in the
Americas, by R. Evan Ellis
Chapter 11: United States Security Policy in Latin America and the
Caribbean, by Eric L. Golnick
About the Contributors
Hanna S. Kassab is visiting assistant professor at Northern
Michigan University.
Jonathan D. Rosen is assistant professor of criminal justice at
Holy Family University.
Violence in contemporary Latin America takes many different forms,
and is hard to measure precisely or to explain fully. This up to
date survey of almost all the major countries affected by this
major scourge serves to illustrate the complexities involved, and
to highlight the many diverse obstacles to effective remedial
policies.
*Laurence Whitehead, Oxford University*
Latin America’s unprecedented generalization of electoral
democracy, along with sustained economic growth and poverty
reduction, generated expectations that a new era was at hand.
Sadly, however, many countries have experienced equally
unprecedented increases in criminality. Kassab and Rosen, prolific
Latin American specialists on security matters, have produced a
serious, well documented study of this scourge. Country chapters by
experts focus on criminal gangs, drug traffickers, political
violence’s legacy, and weak institutions. A must read for the
latest data and insights on criminal violence’s corrosive effects
on so many Latin American nations.
*David Scott Palmer, Boston University*
Violence in the Americas is a must-read for those interested in
understanding one of the most pressing issues affecting this
continent. The contributors to this volume demonstrate with key
case studies the very complex nature of violence in a very unequal
region. Kassab and Rosen selected the right works to provide a
comprehensive overview of the trends, nature and main causes of
violence, policies to fight this problem, and challenges met by
different governments that share a variety of conditions, but also
diverge in many other aspects.
*Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, George Mason University*
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