Reconstructing criminality in Latin America /:

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,...

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Weitere Verfasser: Aguirre, Carlos, 1958-, Buffington, Robert, 1952-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Wilmington, Del : Scholarly Resources, ©2000.
Schriftenreihe:Jaguar books on Latin America ; no. 19.
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Zusammenfassung: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 pol.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xix, 254 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781461641872
146164187X