Table of Contents

• The Challenges of Police Reform in Latin America.
• Policing and Public Security in Latin America.
• Chile: Too Good to Be True?
• Colombia: Success Amid Conflict and Stability.
• Costa Rica: Exceptionalism Under Strain.
• Nicaragua: A Return to Political Policing.
• Panama: Rebuilding Security After Invasion.
• Peru: The Challenges of Institutional Instability.
• Uruguay: Success in a Social Welfare State.
• What We Have Learned and Why It Matters.

About the Author

Mary Fran T. Maloneis professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire.

Lucía Dammert is professor of political studies at the University of Santiago, Chile.

Orlando Pérez is professor of political science at the University of North Texas at Dallas.

Reviews

“A much-needed contemporary foundation for understanding police reform in Latin America.... The authors’ overarching conceptual framework, extraordinary knowledge of the country case studies, and consistent policy insights together give us both a historical background of reform that will be enduringly useful to scholars [and] a roadmap that highlights roadblocks ahead.” — Mark Ungar, Latin American Politics and Society