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
Militarization and Perceptions of Law Enforcement in the Developing World: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment in Mexico
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DOI: 10.1017/s0007123421000259
Abstract: Although a growing body of research suggests that the constabularization of the military for domestic policing is counterproductive, this increasingly prevalent policy has nonetheless enjoyed widespread support in the developing world. This study advances our… read more here.
Keywords: militarization; perceptions law; law enforcement; developing world ... See more keywords
The Militarization of Law Enforcement: Evidence from Latin America
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DOI: 10.1017/s1537592719003906
Abstract: What are the political consequences of militarizing law enforcement? Across the world, law enforcement has become increasingly militarized over the last three decades, with civilian police operating more like armed forces and soldiers replacing civilian… read more here.
Keywords: militarization; law enforcement; law; latin america ... See more keywords
Separatist Threat, Militarization and Voter Turnout: Exploring the Dynamics of the 2017 Governorship Election in Anambra State, Nigeria
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DOI: 10.1177/0021909620907934
Abstract: Using the qual-dominant mixed methods approach, this study analysed the impact of the separatist threat and the militarization of elections on voter turnout during the 2017 governorship election in Anambra State, Nigeria. Findings indicate that… read more here.
Keywords: state; anambra state; separatist threat; voter turnout ... See more keywords
Contemporary epistemologies of militarization in the Global South: Palimpsests and accumulative processes in Lampedusa and Lebanon
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DOI: 10.1177/0921374019860923
Abstract: We propose that contemporary militarization be understood as part of the continued legacy and consequence of colonial practices and (neo-)imperial logics. We reveal how, in spaces characterized by the palimpsestic legacies and consequences of colonialism… read more here.
Keywords: contemporary epistemologies; epistemologies militarization; global south; lampedusa lebanon ... See more keywords
The Struggling State: Nationalism, Mass Militarization, and the Education of Eritrea by Jennifer Riggan (review)
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DOI: 10.1353/anq.2017.0018
Abstract: Jennifer Riggan, The Struggling State: Nationalism, Mass Militarization, and the Education of Eritrea. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2016. 258 pp.The Struggling State sets out to investigate "how citizens imagine their state and nation when they… read more here.
Keywords: state; struggling state; eritrea; jennifer riggan ... See more keywords