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This essay reviews the following works: Vulnerabilidad y violencia en America Latina y el Caribe: Paisaje cultural y diseno urbano. Edited by Markus Gottsbacher and John De Boer. Mexico City: Proyectos Estrategicos Consultoria; Siglo Veintiuno, 2016. Pp. 432. $24.95 paperback. ISBN: 9786070307447. Violence and Resilience in Latin America Cities. Edited by Kees Koonings and Dirk Kruijt. London: Zed Books, 2015. Pp. ix + 195. $28.95 paperback. ISBN: 9781780324562. The Punitive City: Privatized Policing and Protection in Neoliberal Mexico. By Markus-Michael Muller. London: Zed Books, 2016. Pp. vii + 179. $34.95 paperback. ISBN: 9781783606962. Violence and Crime in Latin America: Representations and Politics. Edited by Gema Santamaria and David Carey Jr. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2017. Pp. vii + 320. $29.95 paperback. ISBN: 9780806155746. Votes, Drugs, and Violence: The Political Logic of Criminal Wars in Mexico. By Guillermo Trejo and Sandra Ley. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2020. Pp. xix+ 349. $34.99 paperback. ISBN: 9781108795272. Homicidal Ecologies: Illicit Economies and Complicit States in Latin America. By Deborah J. Yashar. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Pp. xvii + 250. $34.95 paperback. ISBN: 9781316629659. Endangered City: The Politics of Security and Risk in Bogota. By Austin Zeiderman. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2016. Pp. vii + 290. $27.95 paperback. ISBN: 9780822361626.