Reconstructing Criminality in Latin America (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780842026215)

The only reader currently available on criminality in Latin America, Reconstructing Criminality in Latin America reconstructs the way in which different Latin American societies have viewed, described, defined, and reacted to criminal behavior. Crime in Latin America is explored in terms of gender, race, class, and criminological theory.

The highly readable essays in this book explore how Catholic notions of sin, natural law, the "divine" rights of absolutist monarchs, liberal rights of "man," positivism, and social Darwinism received a sympathetic, even enthusiastic, endorsement from policy makers throughout Latin America.

Reconstructing Criminality in Latin America also shows how new methodologies have given scholars deeper insight into the significance of crime in Latin American societies. The selections testify that the insights of scholars like Eric Hobsbawm and Michel Foucault are the foundations of modern histories of crime in Latin America. This book is ideal for criminal justice, sociology, and Latin American social history courses.

Author: Carlos A. Aguirre
ISBN-10: 0842026215
ISBN-13: 9780842026215
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2001
Pages: 254
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2000 pg. 124