Crime Control Policy

Literature Review on Guatemala: Crime Control Policy

In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Krystin Krause offers the following summary about the topic of Guatemala: Crime Control Policy: Following the signing of the Peace Accords that ended a 36-year civil war, Guatemala has been plagued with violent crime, ineffective public security institutions, and corruption. Since the mid-1990s, crime control policies in Guatemala have generally relied on hard-line measures that emphasize the continued role of the military as a defender of internal public security. Politicians use crime control as a tool for reelection, promoting short-term gains as a means to win votes. Despite recent effort toward security sector reform and some improvement in violent crime rates, future political leaders will most likely continue to support heavy-handed military solutions to the crime problem because of widespread citizen support for such measures.

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Notes and References

1. Entry about Guatemala: Crime Control Policy in the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy (2015, Routledge, Oxford, United Kingdom)

See Also

Further Reading

• Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance (2018, Springer International Publishing, Germany)