Security Sector Reform and Citizen Security.

Security Sector Reform and Citizen Security.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Muggah, Robert.
Imprint:London Ubiquity Press 2019.
Description:1 online resource (56)
Language:English
Subject:
Security sector -- Latin America.
Security sector -- Caribbean Area.
Security, International -- Latin America.
Security, International -- Caribbean Area.
Security, International.
Security sector.
Caribbean Area.
Latin America.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12342842
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Other authors / contributors:De Boer, John.
ISBN:1911529722
9781911529729
9781911529736
1911529730
Notes:English.
Summary:While widely considered a core pillar of the peace and security architecture, Security Sector Reform (SSR) is coming under fire. SSR theory and practice are criticized for being overly focused on traditional conflict and post-conflict settings and for being unable to adjust to unconventional settings marked by chronic crime and terrorism. SSR tends to be disproportionately focused on national institutions and less amenable to engaging at the subnational scale. Drawing on the experiences of so-called 'citizen security' measures in cities across Latin America and the Caribbean, this paper offers some opportunities for renewing and revitalizing SSR. The emphasis of citizen security interventions on multiple forms of insecurity, data-driven and evidence-informed prevention, the promotion of social cohesion and efficacy and designing crime prevention into the social and built environment are all insights that can positively reinforce comprehensive SSR measures in the 21st century.
Other form:Print version: 1911529730
Standard no.:10.5334/bcc

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