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POLICE REFORM IN VIOLENT DEMOCRACIES IN LATIN AMERICA
Prado, Mariana Trebilcock, Michael Hartford, Patrick
Prado, Mariana
Trebilcock, Michael
Hartford, Patrick
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Abstract
Violence has become an increasingly serious problem in many developing countries. According to a recent (2011) World Bank World Development Report, entitled Conflict and Development: Overcoming Conflict and Fragility, security is a “primary development challenge of our time.”[1] In addition to traditional forms of urban violence, new threats have emerged such as organized crime and trafficking, civil unrest due to global economic shocks, and terrorism.[2] One and a half billion people live in areas affected by fragility, conflict, or organized criminal violence. [1] The World Bank, “Conflict, Security, and Development,” World Development Report 2011 (Washington: The World Bank, 2011), 1. [2] Ibid, 3.