Institutionalized Police Brutality: Torture, the Militarization of Security, and the Reform of Inquisitorial Criminal Justice in Mexico
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DOI: 10.1017/s0003055420000520
Abstract: How can societies restrain their coercive institutions and transition to a more humane criminal justice system? We argue that two main factors explain why torture can persist as a generalized practice even in democratic societies:… read more here.
Keywords: police brutality; criminal justice; inquisitorial criminal; militarization ... See more keywords