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Results for police-community relations (latin america)
1 results foundAuthor: Costa, Gino Title: Citizen Security in Latin America Summary: Several indicators are used to measure insecurity, violence and crime. In assessing the status of citizen security in Latin America, this study briefly presents and discusses some of them— namely, homicide, which indicates levels of violence; victimization, which is an expression of the intensity of crimes against property; perceptions of insecurity, which refer to the level of fear in the face of criminal activities; confidence in the police agencies responsible for preventing and investigating crime; and the state of the prison system. Details: Washington, DC: Latin America Working Group, Inter-American Dialogue, 2012. 14p. Source: Inter-American Dialogue Working Paper: Internet Resource: Accessed March 9, 2012 at http://www.thedialogue.org/PublicationFiles/GinoCostaEnglishFINAL.PDF Year: 2012 Country: Central America URL: http://www.thedialogue.org/PublicationFiles/GinoCostaEnglishFINAL.PDF Shelf Number: 124394 Keywords: Corrections (Latin America)Fear of Crime (Latin America)Homicide (Latin America)Police-Community Relations (Latin America)Victimization (Latin America)Violent Crime (Latin America) |