Since the 1990s, every proclamation for police reform in Latin America leads to the launching of a community policing programme designed to improve policecommunity relations. Each of these programmes has a different name ...

This article examines the challenges involved in the process of police militarization and implementation of police discipline in the State of São Paulo during the First Brazilian Republic (1889 to 1930). The implementation ...

This article examines the challenges involved in the process of police militarization and implementation of police discipline in the State of São Paulo during the First Brazilian Republic (1889 to 1930). The implementation ...

In Spain, knowledge about public attitudes towards the police is limited compared to other countries. This study contributes to fill gaps in the literature by examining a wide range of correlates of police legitimacy. Using ...

A transition of Brazil from a juridico-political system of exception to a democracy was accompanied by several legal and institutional reform processes, aimed at the gradual elimination of so-called authoritarian rubble ...

This paper discusses the deadly use of violence as a public security agenda, focusing on police lethality and military interventions. Through a literature review to understanding concepts – such as “war,” for example – ...

External view of the Police Barracks/Police Headquarters at the corner of St. Vincent and Sackville Streets, Port of Spain, Trinidad. There are several persons walking in the streets outside the building.

Exterior view of the Police Barracks/Police Headquarters building at the corner of St. Vincent and Sackville Streets, Port of Spain, Trinidad. There are several persons walking on the streets outside the building.

External view of the Police Barracks building/Police Headquarters at the corner of St. Vincent and Sackville Streets, Port of Spain, Trinidad. Here several persons are seen walking in the streets.