INTRODUCTION More than one-fourth of the world's population lives in conditions of
insecurity because of high levels of crime and violence, especially in the Global South …

Police forces in Latin America have experienced multiple processes of limited reforms over
recent decades. In most cases, there is a general consensus that police institutions are not …

The problems of violence in Latin America are often reiterated, yet understanding how and
why violence declines is far less common. While urban violence takes different forms and …

ABSTRACT Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have now had 20 years of experience
with community policing programmes (COP), yet high rates of public crime and violence …

As an important pillar of building sustainable peace after protracted violent conflict, security
sector reform (SSR) has the objective to prepare state security actors, who often have been …

Campus law enforcement agencies (CLEs) are critical components of the criminal justice
system; thus, how they organize is of special interest. CLEs are thought ideal for community …

Esta tesis pretende demostrar la importancia de las diversas concepciones ideales
(modelos) a partir de las cuáles se articulan las organizaciones y las actuaciones policiales …

This paper explores the meanings that youth crime and policing acquire in the context of
their mediated representation on the televised news in Nicaragua. In particular, it explores …

La estrategia de seguridad para zonas críticas (Hot spots Policing) utiliza un despliegue
intensivo de pie de fuerza policial para hacer disminuir el crimen en aquellas zonas donde …

Policing scholars have shown that logics of police governance that appear mutually
exclusive can coexist in the same space and time. Within police institutions, we can find …