Andrew Cesare Miller

Silencing Citizens

How Criminal Groups Create Vacuums of Justice

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Produktbeschreibung

"This book explains how criminal groups like mafias and gangs constrain witness cooperation with the police and what can be done about it. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9781009354486
• ISBN-10: 1009354485
• Artikelnr.: 69307532

Autorenporträt

Andrew Cesare Miller is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. His research focuses on organized crime and policing.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I. Why Police-Citizen Cooperation Matters: 1. Study motivation: vacuums of justice
2. Research design and definitions
Part II. How Criminal Groups Prevent Cooperation: 3. Theory: cycles of silence
4. Evidence: silencing citizens in Baltimore
5. Evidence: silencing citizens in Lagos
Part III. Interventions for Promoting Cooperation: 6. Theory: reversing the cycles
7. Evidence: quiet cooperation in Baltimore
8. Evidence: quiet cooperation in Lagos
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.