• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Mexico's struggle for public security : organized crime and state responses
  • imprint: New York [u.a.]: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
    Online-Ausg., [s.l.]: eblib
  • Published in: Studies of the Americas
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 9781137034045
  • RVK notation: MI 72096 : Politisches Verbrechen, Terror, Gewalt
  • Keywords: Mexiko > Organisiertes Verbrechen > Sicherheit und Ordnung
  • Type of reproduction: Online-Ausg.
  • Place of reproduction: [s.l.]: eblib
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  • Description: The Mexican government's full-frontal attack on the powerful drugs cartels has achieved mixed results. This book considers the issue from a variety of viewpoints. The essential argument is that the organized crime is best combated by institutional reforms directed at strengthening the rule of law rather than by a heavy reliance on armed force