Latin America is one of the most violent regions in the world. It has suffered waves of repressive authoritarian rule, organized armed insurgency and civil war,

According to media reports, Latin America is one of the most violent regions in the world—a distinction it held throughout the twentieth century. The authors

This volume examines violence across Latin America and the Caribbean to demonstrate the importance of subnational analysis over national aggregates.

This book analyzes and explains the ways in which major developing world cities respond to the challenge of urban violence. The study shows how the political pr

This book analyzes state terror documentation as a form of peaceful resistance to oppressive regimes through substantial research in human rights archives that