Introduction / Sebastian A. Cutrona and Jonathan D. Rosen -- General trends / Mary Malone -- The cycle of mano dura policies : the militarization of the drug war in Mexico / Jonathan D. Rosen, Roberto Zepeda, Sebastian Cutrona, and Richard Huizar -- Performing punitivism : mano dura in El Salvador / Christine J. Wade -- Mano dura policies in Honduras : capitalizing off (in)security / Pamela Ruiz -- Fighting the last war : Colombia's experience with "tough on crime" policies / Adam Isacson -- The evolution of crime policy and attitudes toward mano dura in Ecuador / John Polga-Hecimovich -- Throwing away the key : mano dura with Bolivian characteristics / Marten Brienen -- Faces of a perverse state : mano dura policies in Brazil from a historical perspective / Marcos Alan Ferreira and Anna Beatriz Ramalho Goncalves -- The popularity and limits of tough on crime policies in Argentina / Hernan Flom -- Conclusion / Jonathan D. Rosen and Sebastian A. Cutrona
