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The Paradox of Violence in Venezuela : Revolution, Crime, and Policing During Chavismo

Zubillaga, Verónica [Mitwirkende/Mitwirkender] ; Hanson, Rebecca [Mitwirkende/Mitwirkender]

1st ed.

Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2023 [©2022]

1 online resource (343 pages)

Englisch

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Erscheint auch als: The paradox of violence in Venezuela (Druck-Ausgabe)

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GND-Schlagwörter: Venezuela ; Gewalttätigkeit ; Politischer Konflikt ; Innenpolitik ; Sozialer Konflikt ; Konflikt ; Eskalation ; Ursache ; Politischer Wandel ; Sozialer Wandel ; Kriminalität

LOC-SH: Social sciences ; Latin America-History

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword | Richard Snyder -- Introduction: The Paradox of Violence in Venezuela | Rebecca Hanson, David Smilde, and Verónica Zubillaga -- Part I. The Shape of Violence -- 1. The Problem with Venezuelan Homicide Data, and a Solution | Josbelk González Mejías and Dorothy Kronick -- 2. The Diversification of Venezuela's Violence: A Quantitative Exploration | José Luis Fernández-Shaw Guerra -- Part II. Causal Processes and Cycles of Violence -- 3. Violent Crime in Venezuela: Economics and Institutions | Josefina Bruni Celli and Javier Rodríguez -- 4. The Lights of Peonía: Violence and Prison Order in Venezuela | Andrés Antillano -- 5. "Everyone's Armed Here": Guns and Lethal Reactivity in a Caracas Barrio | Verónica Zubillaga -- Part III. From Civilian Police Reform to Resurgent Militarized Policing -- 6. Criminal Violence and Government Responses under Chavismo | Luis Gerardo Gabaldón -- 7. Dilemmas of Reform: Crime, Policing, and Public Opinion in Venezuela | Rebecca Hanson and David Smilde -- 8. Police Raids in Venezuela: Necropolitics and the State of Exception | Keymer Ávila -- 9. The Pressure to Bring in a Body: How Systematic Killing Transformed Police Raids and Gangs in Post-Chávez Venezuela | Leonard Gómez and Rebecca Hanson -- Part IV. Responses to Violence: Looking Back, Looking Forward -- 10. Civil Society Responses to Violence in Venezuela: Anesthesia, Revenge, and Empathy | Manuel Llorens -- 11. Criminal Justice Strategies and Violence in Venezuela | Enrique Desmond Arias -- 12. Final Reflections and Emerging Agendas for Research | Rebecca Hanson, David Smilde, and Verónica Zubillaga -- Notes -- References -- List of Contributors -- Index.