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Citizens of Fear: Urban Violence in Latin America
Susana Rotker
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Description for Citizens of Fear: Urban Violence in Latin America
Paperback. This collection of essays documents the pervasiveness of violence in Latin America. Some contributors assemble survey results, some present testimonials by the victimized and by journalists covering the scene, and others explore the implications of the resulting fear for both thought and behaviour. Editor(s): Rotker, Susana. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Citizens in Latin American cities live in constant fear, amidst some of the most dangerous conditions on earth. In that vast region, 140 thousand people die violently each year, and one out of three citizens have been directly or indirectly victimized by violence. In Venezuela, adults are on average targets of crime seventeen crimes in their lifetimes, four of which are violent. In Mexico, 97 percent of all reported crimes go unpunished. Crime, in effect, is an undeclared war. Citizens of Fear, in part, assembles survey results of social scientists who document the pervasiveness of violence. But the numbers tell ... Read more
Citizens in Latin American cities live in constant fear, amidst some of the most dangerous conditions on earth. In that vast region, 140 thousand people die violently each year, and one out of three citizens have been directly or indirectly victimized by violence. In Venezuela, adults are on average targets of crime seventeen crimes in their lifetimes, four of which are violent. In Mexico, 97 percent of all reported crimes go unpunished. Crime, in effect, is an undeclared war. Citizens of Fear, in part, assembles survey results of social scientists who document the pervasiveness of violence. But the numbers tell ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813530352
SKU
V9780813530352
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About Susana Rotker
SUSAN ROTKER was a professor in the Spanish department at Rutgers University. She is the author of The Memoirs of Fray Servando Teresa de Mier and The American Chronicles of Jose Marti: Journalism and Modernity in Spanish America. She died in 2000, shortly after completing her work on this book.
Reviews for Citizens of Fear: Urban Violence in Latin America
Rotker has collected papers from a colloquium on culture, citizenship, and urban violence in Latin America held in Mexico in 2000. . . . The quality of the writing and research varies, but all the contributors seem equally passionate in responding to a problem that cannot be limited to one geographic area. This kind of approach is especially useful in ... Read more