Sex Workers Outsmart Quito Police
Without clear legislation governing street prostitution in Ecuador, sex workers band together to battle frequent and arbitrary police crackdowns—and win ...
Jamaica: Negotiating Law and Order with the Dons
“It may not be right,” the off-duty police officer said, “but it does make my job easier.” We were sitting ...
Reform in Rio: Reconsidering the Myths of Crime and Violence
In April 2003, Brazil’s media convulsed with shocking and conflicting images, as they struggled to define new public debates on ...
Robocop in Mexico City
In October 2001, just a month after the terrorist attacks on Washington and New York, when questions of security were ...
The Rise of Crime, Disorder and Authoritarian Policing: An Introductory Essay
Last year, New York City’s famous former mayor, Rudolph Giuliani, a proponent of tough punishments for minor infractions and hard-line ...
U.S. Support for Haiti’s Rookie Police Force
On February 17, 1996, the ninth class of police cadets graduated from the National Police Training Center just outside Port-au-Prince, ...
Law Enforcement in Mexico: Not Yet Under Control
Residents of Mexico City have been suffering from a heightened sense of public insecurity for at least a decade.[1] Robberies ...
