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Reconstructing Criminality in Latin America
. Ed(S): Aguirre, Carlos A.; Buffington, Robert
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Description for Reconstructing Criminality in Latin America
Paperback. Reconstructs the way in which different Latin American societies have viewed, described, defined, and reacted to criminal behavior. Editor(s): Aguirre, Carlos A.; Buffington, Robert. Series: Jaguar Books on Latin America. Num Pages: 254 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSC; JFSJ; JFSL; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
The only reader currently available on criminality in Latin America, Reconstructing Criminality in Latin America reconstructs the way in which different Latin American societies have viewed, described, defined, and reacted to criminal behavior. Crime in Latin America is explored in terms of gender, race, class, and criminological theory. The highly readable essays in this book explore how Catholic notions of sin, natural law, the "divine" rights of absolutist monarchs, liberal rights of "man," positivism, and social Darwinism received a sympathetic, even enthusiastic, endorsement from policy makers throughout Latin America. Reconstructing Criminality in Latin America also shows how new methodologies have ... Read more
The only reader currently available on criminality in Latin America, Reconstructing Criminality in Latin America reconstructs the way in which different Latin American societies have viewed, described, defined, and reacted to criminal behavior. Crime in Latin America is explored in terms of gender, race, class, and criminological theory. The highly readable essays in this book explore how Catholic notions of sin, natural law, the "divine" rights of absolutist monarchs, liberal rights of "man," positivism, and social Darwinism received a sympathetic, even enthusiastic, endorsement from policy makers throughout Latin America. Reconstructing Criminality in Latin America also shows how new methodologies have ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
Series
Jaguar Books on Latin America
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780842026215
SKU
V9780842026215
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Reviews for Reconstructing Criminality in Latin America
Reconstructing Criminality is a smart, coherent, and highly readable anthology that should reach a broad audience.
Chuck Walker, University of California-Davis
Chuck Walker, University of California-Davis