Shifting police strategies
US aid and repression by public safety institutions in Latin America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12719945 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paola Fajardo‐heyward (0009-0002-3141-5885, Canisius University), Ghashia Kiyani (0000-0002-1197-5642, Western Illinois University), Carla Martinez Machain (0000-0001-6821-4062, University at Buffalo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 548-565 |
| Publication date | 2024-08-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Human Rights (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1475-4835 • E-ISSN: 1475-4843 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14754835.2024.2380701 |
| OpenAlex | W4401245436 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 71 |
This article studies the international determinants of extrajudicial police killings in Latin America. Human rights violations by security forces are a problem that has plagued Latin American countries, despite broad democratization efforts in the region. Addressing the problem requires a better understanding of the processes that underlie it. Although existing literature has explored the determinants of police repression in Latin America through country-specific studies, there has been a lack of cross-national analyses. In this article we use original data on human rights violations by security forces in Latin America between 1998 and 2018 to argue that, beyond domestic factors, foreign aid provided by the United States in the War on Drugs era has influenced police repression both by encouraging heavy-handed policies and by driving a substitution dynamic between violations by different security forces
Criminology · Democracy · Democratization · Development economics · Drug trafficking · Economics · Human rights · Latin Americans · National security · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Psychological repression · Public security · Sociology · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Political Conflict and Governance · Public Administration
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The Drug War in Latin America
Human rights shaming through Ingos and foreign aid delivery
Cities and Inequalities in a Global and Neoliberal World
State Violence in Narcotic Drug Governance
Drugs and Thugs
Aid Imperium
The Judicial Response to Police Killings in Latin America
Human Rights and United States Policy Toward Latin America
Authoritarian Police in Democracy
Resisting War
Drug Wars Collateral Damage
Militarization and police violence
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Foreign Aid and Policy Concessions
Self-Reinforcing Civilian Control
Shaming and Blaming
Sticks and Stones
The Consequences of Militarized Policing for Human Rights
Democracy and the Violation of Human Rights
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International involvement in (re-)building police forces
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Repression of Human Rights to Personal Integrity in the 1980s
Little evidence that military policing reduces crime or improves human security
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The Rot Within
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State Capacity, State Failure, and Human Rights
Policing Insecurity
Relational State Building in Areas of Limited Statehood
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Institutionalized Police Brutality
Human Rights Law and Military Aid Delivery
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 7 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |