Year: 1992
Type: article
Abstract: Preface Introduction: Vigilantism and the State: A Look South and North Mob Lynching, Popular Violence, and Justiceiros Lynchings--Life by a Thread: Street Justice in Brazil Popular Responses and Urban Violence: Lynching in Brazil Police, People, and Preemption in Argentina Authoritarian Society: Breeding Ground for Justiceiros Paramilitary and Parapolice Death Squads Guatemala: The Recourse of Fear All the Minister's Men: Paramilitary Activity in Peru Institutional Crisis, Parainstitutionality, and Regime Flexibility in Colombia: The Place of Narcotraffic and Counterinsurgency The Discourse about Violence How Not to Think about Torture: Violence, Theory, and the Problems of Explanation Legislation and National Security in Latin America Extralegal Police Violence Extraordinary Police Operations in Venezuela Police and Political Crisis: The Case of the Military Police Police Deadly Force as Social Control: Jamaica, Brazil, and Argentina U.S.-Supported State Terror: A History of Police Training in Latin America Select Bibliography Index
Authors: Mary Roldan, Martha K. Huggins
Institution: Cornell University
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1990290515