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Violence and crime in Latin America : representations and politics / edited by Gema Santamaría and David Carey Jr. ; preface by Cecilia Menjívar ; epilogue by Diane E. Davis

Published
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2017]
Physical Description
xv, 320 pages ; 23 cm
Additional Creators
Santamaría, Gema, 1979- and Carey, David, Jr., 1967-

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Extralegal Violence and Its Justifications -- 1.Ley Fuga as Justice: The Consensus around Extrajudicial Violence in Twentieth-Century Mexico / Pablo Piccato -- 2.Legitimating Lynching: Public Opinion and Extralegal Violence in Mexico / Gema Santamaria -- 3.Engendering Violence: Military Leadership through the Moral Crisis of Guatemala's National Family / M. Gabriela Torres -- 4.Police Use of Force and Social Consensus in Buenos Aires / Lila Caimari -- pt. II Constructing Crime -- 5.Sodomitic Violence in Chile: Medical Knowledge and the Ambivalent Application of Law / Robert F. Alegre -- 6.Debunking Indigenous Criminality: Discourse, Statistics, and the Ethnicity of Crime in Guatemala / David Carey Jr. -- 7.The Invention of Night: Visibility and Violence after Dark in Rio de Janeiro / Amy Chazkel -- 8.Rebels, Outlaws, and Enemies: The Criminalization of Dissent in Colombia and Mexico / Luis Herran Avila -- pt. III The Politics of Making Violence Visible -- 9."There Are No Lynchings Here": The Invisibility of Crime and Extralegal Violence in an Eastern Guatemalan Town / Daniel Nunez -- 10.Silent Traffickers or Brutal Criminals: How State Power Shapes Criminals' Incentives to Expose Violence / Angelica Duran-Martinez -- 11.Selective Blindness: Criminal Visibility and Violence in Rio de Janeiro and Kingston / Kayyonne Marston.
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ISBN
9780806155746 paperback alkaline paper
0806155744 paperback alkaline paper
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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