Otto Argueta
Biographic Data
| ID | 1360958 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Otto Argueta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Otto |
| FAMILY NAME | Argueta |
| SIGNATURE | ARGUETA O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hamburg Institut (Germany) |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Community Policing in Guatemala
In Latin America, community policing programmes have increased during the last twenty years.The programmes were expected to reduce crime and strengthen collaborative relations between police and population, among others.However, an excessive focus on technical aspects has neglected counterproductive effects on democracy and the rule of law.Based on a historical institutionalism approach, this paper critically analyses the concept of community pol…
Private Security in Guatemala
Die Verbreitung privater Sicherheitsdienste deutet auf eine Schwäche staatlicher Institutionen hin und fällt zusammen mit einem Anstieg der Kriminalität. Der Autor analysiert mit dem Ansatz des historischen Institutionalismus den Entwicklungspfad der Institutionen öffentlicher Sicherheit und politischer Prozesse, um die Entstehung privater Sicherheitsdienste zu erklären. Er bietet ein analytisches Modell, das auf empirischen historischen Quellen …
Private Security in Guatemala
It has become common to explain the proliferation of private security services as causally determined by crime rates and institutional weakness. This article on the contrary argues that other explanatory factors need to be emphasised, especially for post-war societies: institutional trajectories and political processes. The article first presents the present situation of commercial and non-commercial private security services in Guatemala (privat…
Private Security in Guatemala
It has become common to explain the proliferation of private security services as causally determined by crime rates and institutional weakness. This article on the contrary argues that other explanatory factors need to be emphasised, especially for post-war societies: institutional trajectories and political processes. The article first presents the present situation of commercial and non-commercial private security services in Guatemala (privat…
Community Policing in Guatemala
In Latin America, community policing programmes have increased during the last twenty years.The programmes were expected to reduce crime and strengthen collaborative relations between police and population, among others.However, an excessive focus on technical aspects has neglected counterproductive effects on democracy and the rule of law.Based on a historical institutionalism approach, this paper critically analyses the concept of community pol…
Private Security in Guatemala
It has become common to explain the proliferation of private security services as causally determined by crime rates and institutional weakness. This article on the contrary argues that other explanatory factors need to be emphasised, especially for post-war societies: institutional trajectories and political processes. The article first presents the present situation of commercial and non-commercial private security services in Guatemala (privat…
Private Security in Guatemala
Die Verbreitung privater Sicherheitsdienste deutet auf eine Schwäche staatlicher Institutionen hin und fällt zusammen mit einem Anstieg der Kriminalität. Der Autor analysiert mit dem Ansatz des historischen Institutionalismus den Entwicklungspfad der Institutionen öffentlicher Sicherheit und politischer Prozesse, um die Entstehung privater Sicherheitsdienste zu erklären. Er bietet ein analytisches Modell, das auf empirischen historischen Quellen …
Community Policing in Guatemala
In Latin America, community policing programmes have increased during the last twenty years.The programmes were expected to reduce crime and strengthen collaborative relations between police and population, among others.However, an excessive focus on technical aspects has neglected counterproductive effects on democracy and the rule of law.Based on a historical institutionalism approach, this paper critically analyses the concept of community pol…
Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Ansatz (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia (1 work) · Criminal Justice and Penology (1 work) · Economic growth (1 work)