The Informal Regulation of Criminal Markets in Latin America

By: Flom, Hernán

This book explains how states informally regulate drug markets in Latin America. It shows how and why state actors, specifically police and politicians, confront, negotiate with, or protect drug dealers to extract illicit rents or prevent criminal violence. The book highlights how, in countries with weak institutions, police act as interlocutors between criminals and politicians. It shows that whether and how politicians control their police forces...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009170708
• ISBN13: 9781009170703
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"