The judicial response to police killings in Latin America /

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Author / Creator:	Brinks, Daniel M., 1961-
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 289 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Police shootings -- Argentina. Police shootings -- Brazil. Police shootings -- Uruguay. Police shootings. Argentina. Brazil. Uruguay. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11814229

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ISBN:	9780511464881 0511464886 9780521872348 1107180678 9781107180673 1281982326 9781281982322 9786611982324 6611982329 0511464142 9780511464140 0511551134 9780511551130 0511462565 9780511462566 0511463359 9780511463358 9781107405097
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-283) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	This book examines the effect of social inequality, political influence, and institutional design on the effectiveness of legal systems in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. It demonstrates the inequality existent in these systems, as well as the occasional successes. Its focus is on the criminal prosecution of violent police officers, but it draws implications for democracy, the rule of law, court functioning, and police violence. The book describes judicial, prosecutorial, and police structures and operation, as well as the nature of and response to lethal police violence in each location.
Other form:	Print version: Brinks, Daniel M., 1961- Judicial response to police killings in Latin America. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 9780521872348 0521872340

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