| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 278 pages) |
| Contents |
1. Two Realities -- 2. Troubled Reforms -- 3. A Problem of Municipal Governance -- 4. Organized Crime, the Police, and Accountability -- 5. Citizens and Their Police: Vicious Cycles -- 6. Civil Society and the Police: Stopping the Vicious Cycle -- 7. The Federal Government and Local Reform -- 8. Looking Forward -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C |
| Summary |
The urgent need to professionalize Mexican police has been recognized since the early 1990s, but despite even the most well-intentioned promises from elected officials and police chiefs, few gains have been made in improving police integrity. Why have reform efforts in Mexico been largely unsuccessful? This book seeks to answer the question by focusing on Mexico's municipal police, which make up the largest percentage of the country's police forces. Indeed, organized crime presents a major obstacle to institutional change, with criminal groups killing hundreds of local police in recent years |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Police administration -- Mexico
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Police -- Mexico
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Police professionalization -- Mexico
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Police
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Police administration
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Police professionalization
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Mexico
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780804782067 |
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0804782067 |
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