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Crime and Citizen Security in Latin America: The Challenges for New Scholarship

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COLOMBIAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN CRISIS: FEAR AND DISTRUST. By RestrepoElvira Maria. (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. Pp. 235. $95.00 cloth.)
CRIME AND VIOLENCE IN LATIN AMERICA: CITIZEN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND THE STATE. Edited by FrühlingHugo and TulchinJoseph S., with GoldingHeather A. (Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 2003. Pp. 284. $45.00 cloth, $18.95 paper.)
CRIMEN SIN CASTIGO: PROCURACIÓN DE JUSTICIA PENAL Y MINISTERIO PÚBLICO EN MEXICO. By LecuonaGuillermo Zepeda. (Mexico: CIDAC, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2004. Pp. 462.)

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2022

Marcelo S. Bergman
Marcelo S. Bergman*
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Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
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Latin American Research Review , Volume 41 , Issue 2 , June 2006 , pp. 213 - 227
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Copyright © 2006 by the University of Texas Press

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