Marcelo Bergman, Gustavo Fondevila

Prisons and Crime in Latin America

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Produktbeschreibung

This study of Latin America's prison crisis is for students and analysts of law, crime, sociology, and political science. Featuring the testimony of thousands of inmates interviewed across eight Latin American countries, it provides an understanding of how crime and the justice system operate in the region.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9781108487887
• ISBN-10: 1108487882
• Artikelnr.: 60323312

Autorenporträt

Marcelo Sergio Bergman is Professor of Sociology and Criminology at the National University of Tres de Febrero (UNTREF). He has conducted empirical research on crime for the last twenty years while working in the USA, Mexico, and Argentina. His book More Money More Crime (2018) won the 2019 most outstanding book award by the Comparative and International divisions of the American Society of Criminologists. He has directed many data collection projects and is the founding director of two research centers: PESED (CIDE-Mexico) and CELIV (Argentina).

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
2, The Prison Explosion in Latin America
3. Explaining the Prison Growth
4. Drugs and Prisons
5. Women Imprisonment and Violence in Latin America
6. Justice Institutions in Latin America
7. Life in Prison
8. Hobbes in Prison
9. Prison and the Outside World: The Fallacy of Separation
10. Conclusions
Corrections and Criminal Policy.