El Salvador in the Aftermath of Peace: Crime, Uncertainty, and the Transition to Democracy

by Ellen Moodie

Book Overview

El Salvador's civil war, which left at least 75,000 people dead and displaced more than a million, ended in 1992. The accord between the government and the Farabundo Mart National Liberation Front (FMLN) has been lauded as a model post-Cold War peace agreement. But after the conflict stopped, crime rates shot up. The number of murder victims surpassed wartime death tolls. Those who once feared the police and the state became frustrated by their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812222350
• ISBN13: 9780812222357
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"