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Public security and police reform in the Americas

Public Security and Police Reform in the Americas examines how security problems are addressed in the United States and Latin America, asserting that understanding the policies of other nations can lead to greater success in the arena of public security.
Print Book, English, ©2006
University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, ©2006
xiii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780822959137, 0822959135
300940847
Public security and police reform in the Americas / John Bailey and Lucía 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 / Lucía 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 / María Victoria Llorente
Security policies in El Salvador, 1992-2002 / Edgardo Alberto Amaya
Violence, citizen insecurity, and elite maneuvering in El Salvador / José 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 Lucía Dammert