Policing in most Latin American countries meets with enormous challenges. Most of them are due to unsolved political and social problems. In a number of studies these challenges and the way the police meet them are analysed. The notion of âgarbage can decision-makingâ is used to seek an explanation for the disappointing results of the reform efforts reported in most studies and to analyse the way police deal with the impossible situation they find themselves in. The tendency to become part of the garbage can and start acting in their own interest and to do that in a criminal way is the almost unavoidable consequence of the dead end street they are in.View full textDownload full textKeywordspolice development, corruption, human rightsRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2010.540652
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