Crime and punishment in Colombia
During the 1990s, Colombia was considered one of the most violent countries in the world. Banditry, communist guerrilla groups, right?wing paramilitaries, drug cartels together with a sophisticated and versatile organized crime drew a violent landscape of murder. Although national homicide rate has...
- Autores:
- Tipo de recurso:
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2015
- Institución:
- Universidad del Rosario
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/29869
- Acceso en línea:
- https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118519639.wbecpx178
https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/29869
- Palabra clave:
- Crime
Community policing
Conflict
Drugs
Law enforcement
Mafia
Organized crime
Police
Violence
- Rights
- License
- Restringido (Acceso a grupos específicos)
| Summary: | During the 1990s, Colombia was considered one of the most violent countries in the world. Banditry, communist guerrilla groups, right?wing paramilitaries, drug cartels together with a sophisticated and versatile organized crime drew a violent landscape of murder. Although national homicide rate has fallen from 1995, Colombia remains a violent country. Scholars have tried to identify the causes of this entrenched and inveterate violence, without finding a definite answer. Practitioners have proposed few citizen security programs, often withering away and erratic, showing that there is no real policy with a strong leadership remaining. In contrast, the Colombian police force has played a pivotal role in dismantling numbers of delinquency networks and contributing to crime reduction. |
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