Territories of Violence: State, Marginal Youth, and Public Security in Honduras
Lirio Gutiérrez Rivera
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Description for Territories of Violence: State, Marginal Youth, and Public Security in Honduras
Hardcover. This book examines the persistence of social violence and public insecurity in Honduras. Using a spatial perspective, the author looks at the Honduran state's security polices - known as Mano Dura - and the challenges authorities face. She points to the state's historical difficulty producing and ordering political territory and space. Num Pages: 178 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
This book examines the persistence of social violence and public insecurity in Honduras. Using a spatial perspective, the author looks at the Honduran state's security polices - known as Mano Dura - and the challenges authorities face. She points to the state's historical difficulty producing and ordering political territory and space.
This book examines the persistence of social violence and public insecurity in Honduras. Using a spatial perspective, the author looks at the Honduran state's security polices - known as Mano Dura - and the challenges authorities face. She points to the state's historical difficulty producing and ordering political territory and space.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
Number of Pages
163
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137027948
SKU
V9781137027948
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Ref
99-15
About Lirio Gutiérrez Rivera
Lirio Gutiérrez Rivera is an Anthropologist and Political Scientist. She was Postdoctoral Researcher at the desigualdades Research Network and at the Center of Area Studies and was Adjunct Lecturer at the Institute for Latin American Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
Reviews for Territories of Violence: State, Marginal Youth, and Public Security in Honduras
"Developing a spatial-territorial approach to crime and applying it to Honduras - a country that suffers one of the world's highest rates of crime - Lirio Gutiérrez Rivera makes a significant and high quality contribution to the literature on crime. This is a key case study with a useful and much-needed theoretical framework." - Mark Ungar, The City University of ... Read more