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Possibilities of Advancing Police Reform in Guatemala through Community-Oriented Policing
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Abstract The paper describes the process of security sector reform in Guatemala with reference to the efforts to implement community-based policing practices. The results point to the difficulties of shaking-off public understandings of security honed during the armed conflict and underscore the efforts of a... view more
The paper describes the process of security sector reform in Guatemala with reference to the efforts to implement community-based policing practices. The results point to the difficulties of shaking-off public understandings of security honed during the armed conflict and underscore the efforts of a still young police institution to position itself in a democratic context. The study posits that community-oriented policing strategies open opportunities to forward police reform in the high-violence, low-trust, weak-institutions, and post-conflict context of Guatemala. The argument is supported by field data gathered in indigenous territories in the Western Highlands, where traditional forms of social organization persist, and in metropolitan Villa Canales municipality, an urban, high-violence site of research.... view less
Keywords
police; reform; criminality; prevention; crime fighting; security sector; Guatemala; Latin America
Classification
Criminal Sociology, Sociology of Law
Free Keywords
Community-oriented policing; democratization; participation; post-conflict context
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 97-110
Journal
Journal of Human Security, 16 (2020) 2
Issue topic
Community-Oriented Policing after Conflict - Emerging Evidence
ISSN
1835-3800
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed