Bribes, Bullets, and Intimidation

Drug Trafficking and the Law in Central America

AvJulie Marie Bunck,Michael Ross Fowler

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

Bribes, Bullets, and Intimidation is the first book to examine drug trafficking through Central America and the efforts of foreign and domestic law enforcement officials to counter it. Drawing on interviews, legal cases, and an array of Central American sources, Julie Bunck and Michael Fowler track the changing routes, methods, and networks involved, while comparing the evolution and consequences of the drug trade through Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama over a span of more than three decades. Bunck and Fowler argue that while certain similar factors have been present in each of the Central American states, the distinctions among these countries have been equally important in determining the speed with which extensive drug trafficking has taken hold, the manner in which it has evolved, the amounts of different drugs that have been transshipped, and the effectiveness of antidrug efforts.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-06-01
Mått:178 x 254 x 38 mm
Vikt:1 021 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:448
Förlag:Pennsylvania State University Press
ISBN:9780271048666

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Brottsutredning och kriminalteknik inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Julie Marie Bunck is Professor of Political Science at the University of Louisville and the author of Fidel Castro and the Quest for a Revolutionary Culture in Cuba (Penn State, 1994).Michael Ross Fowler is Professor of Political Science at the University of Louisville. Together with Julie Marie Bunck, he is also the author of Law, Power, and the Sovereign State: The Evolution and Application of the Concept of Sovereignty (Penn State, 1995).

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“There is nothing like Bribes, Bullets, and Intimidation in drug-control literature. It covers a region, Central America, that other studies deal with peripherally, if at all. It encompasses a span of time, from ca. 1980 to the present, that will command much attention. The authors make their subject a compelling story, one that is essential to an understanding of recent and contemporary Central America. Julie Bunck and Michael Fowler's exceptional study will appeal to both students and scholars in various disciplines, including history, political science, sociology, and criminal justice.”—William O. Walker III, author of Drug Control in the Americas

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Exploring Central American Drug Trafficking1 Central America and the International Trade in Drugs2 Belize3 Costa Rica4 Guatemala5 Honduras6 PanamaConclusionTable of CasesSelected BibliographyIndex