Mexico's Unrule of Law: Implementing Human Rights in Police and Judicial Reform under Democratization

Nelia Tello Pe?n Pe?n Nelia Tello Uildriks Niels

ISBN 10: 0739128949 / ISBN 13: 9780739128947

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2012

About this Item

pp. 332.

Seller Inventory # 49574024

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mexico's Unrule of Law: Implementing Human Rights in Police and Judicial Reform under Democratization
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0739128949
• ISBN 13: 9780739128947
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Mexico's crisis of security is unrelenting. Why is it so hard to establish the rule of law, and why does the country's justice system continue to struggle to deliver both security and adherence to democratic values and human rights? To answer these questions, Mexico Unrule of Law: Implementing Human Rights in Police and Judicial Reform under Democratization looks at recent Mexican criminal justice reforms, placing this Mexico City case study of the social and institutional realities of the evolving police and justice system within the county's long-term transition from authoritarian to democratic governance. In spite of the democratization on the electoral front, profound distrust has continued to characterize not only the relationship between citizens and state institutions but also social, inter-state, and intra-state relations. Against this background, the book analyses extensive and penetrating police surveys and interviews to offer innovative ideas on how to simultaneously achieve greater community security, democratic policing, and adherence to human rights.

About the Author

Niels Uildriks is a senior researcher and consultant at the Institute for Safety and Security and Crisis Management (COT) in the Hague, the Netherlands.

Nelia Tello Peón is social worker at the National University of Mexico.